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Volume 32, Number 11—November 2026

Dispatch

Persistent Microfilaremia Caused by Dirofilaria asiatica Infection in Child, Sri Lanka, 2024

Ushani Atapattu, Indeewarie E. Gunaratna1, Lucas G. Huggins1, Murali Vallipuranathan, Lakmini Liyanage, Harsha K. Narammalage, Nipuni Shilpeswarage, Udayi B. Gunawardana, S.T.A. Prasanga Serasinghe, and Vito ColellaComments to Author 
Author affiliation: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (U. Atapattu, L.G. Huggins, V. Colella); Government of Sri Lanka Ministry of Health, Colombo, Sri Lanka (I.E. Gunaratna, M. Vallipuranathan, L. Liyanage, H.K. Narammalage, N. Shilpeswarage, U.B. Gunawardana, S.T.A.P. Serasinghe); Government of Sri Lanka Regional Director of Health Services, Kalutara, Sri Lanka (H.K. Narammalage, U.B. Gunawardana, S.T.A.P. Serasinghe)

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Figure

Dirofilaria asiatica microfilaria isolated from a 2-year-old girl from Kalutara District, Sri Lanka, stained with methylene blue. The microfilaria has a rounded anterior end with 2 cephalic nuclei (visible at lower right) and a curved tail. Original magnification ×1,000.

Figure. Dirofilaria asiatica microfilaria isolated from a 2-year-old girl from Kalutara District, Sri Lanka, stained with methylene blue. The microfilaria has a rounded anterior end with 2 cephalic nuclei (visible at lower right) and a curved tail. Original magnification ×1,000.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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