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Table 2.

Morphological aspects of female Dirofilaria repens in infected humans.

References Present study Gardiner et al. (1978) [7] Gutierrez et al. (1995) [9] Otranto et al. (2011) [16] Elsayad et al. (2012) [5]
Length (mm) 119 117 120 and 110
Breadth (mm) 0.46 0.55 0.22–0.66 017–0.53 0.34 and 0.29
Number of somatic muscles per quadrant 15 15
Thickness of cuticular layer (μm) 27–36 16–25 16–48
External longitudinal ridge
 Height (μm) 3–4 3–4 4
 Interval (μm) 15–17 15–20 12 7–12 13
 Number 118–122 95–105

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