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Peer-reviewedCC BY 4.0Emerging Infectious Diseases

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
  • Nilmini Chandrasena
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Abstract

We report 2 cases of asymptomatic Dirofilaria microfilaremia in humans in Sri Lanka, detected during night blood surveillance for lymphatic filariasis in 2025. Partial sequence of microfilarial cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene revealed that both infections were caused by the novel species D. asiatica, originally described in Hong Kong as Candidatus D. honkongensis.

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@article{mataraarachchi2026dirofilaria,
  title = {{Dirofilaria asiatica Infection and Asymptomatic Microfilaremia, Sri Lanka, 2025}},
  author = {Dilini Mataraarachchi and Iroshini Abeysekara and Harsha Narammalage and Thulangi Siriwardana and Nayana Gunathilaka and Murali Vallipuranathan and Prasanga Serasinghe and Lakmini Liyanage and Nilanka Perera and Guwani Liyanage and Shalindra Ranasinghe and Nilmini Chandrasena},
  journal = {Emerging Infectious Diseases},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3201/eid3211.260015},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3211.260015},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Dirofilaria asiatica Infection and Asymptomatic Microfilaremia, Sri Lanka, 2025
AU  - Dilini Mataraarachchi
AU  - Iroshini Abeysekara
AU  - Harsha Narammalage
AU  - Thulangi Siriwardana
AU  - Nayana Gunathilaka
AU  - Murali Vallipuranathan
AU  - Prasanga Serasinghe
AU  - Lakmini Liyanage
AU  - Nilanka Perera
AU  - Guwani Liyanage
AU  - Shalindra Ranasinghe
AU  - Nilmini Chandrasena
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/30
JO  - Emerging Infectious Diseases
DO  - 10.3201/eid3211.260015
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3211.260015
AB  - We report 2 cases of asymptomatic Dirofilaria microfilaremia in humans in Sri Lanka, detected during night blood surveillance for lymphatic filariasis in 2025. Partial sequence of microfilarial cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene revealed that both infections were caused by the novel species D. asiatica, originally described in Hong Kong as Candidatus D. honkongensis.
SN  - 1080-6040
SN  - 1080-6059
ER  -