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Volume 32, Number 11—November 2026

Dispatch

Dirofilaria asiatica Infection and Asymptomatic Microfilaremia, Sri Lanka, 2025

Dilini Mataraarachchi, Iroshini Abeysekara, Harsha Narammalage, Thulangi Siriwardana, Nayana Gunathilaka, Murali Vallipuranathan, Prasanga Serasinghe, Lakmini Liyanage, Nilanka Perera, Guwani Liyanage, Shalindra Ranasinghe, and Nilmini ChandrasenaComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Anti Filariasis Campaign, Colombo, Sri Lanka (D. Mataraarachchi, I. Abeysekara, H. Narammalage, M. Vallipuranathan, P. Serasinghe, L. Liyanage); University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka (T. Siriwardana, N. Gunathilaka, N. Chandrasena); Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka (N. Perera, G. Liyanage); University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka (N. Perera, G. Liyanage, S. Ranasinghe)

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Figure 2

Microfilaria detected in Giemsa-stained thick blood smears from case-patients 1 (A) and 2 (B) in study of Dirofilaria infection and asymptomatic microfilaremia, Sri Lanka, 2025. Red arrows indicate the anterior end (cephalic space) with 2–3 distinct nuclei; yellow arrows indicate the tails free of any nuclei. Original magnification ×1,000.

Figure 2. Microfilaria detected in Giemsa-stained thick blood smears from case-patients 1 (A) and 2 (B) in study of Dirofilaria infection and asymptomatic microfilaremia, Sri Lanka, 2025. Red arrows indicate the anterior end (cephalic space) with 2–3 distinct nuclei; yellow arrows indicate the tails free of any nuclei. Original magnification ×1,000.

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