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    Setaria digitata in advancing our knowledge of human lymphatic filariasis
    (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2016) Perumal, A.N.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.; Dassanayake, R.S.
    Setaria digitata is a filarial parasite that causes fatal cerebrospinal nematodiasis in goats, sheep and horses, resulting in substantial economic losses in animal husbandry in the tropics. Due to its close resemblance to Wuchereria bancrofti, this nematode is also frequently used as a model organism to study human lymphatic filariasis. This review highlights numerous insights into the morphological, histological, biochemical, immunological and genetic aspects of S. digitata that have broadened our understanding towards the control and eradication of filarial diseases.