Brugia unsheathed microfilaria
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[:life-stage/id "WBls:0000663"] :life-stage/definition In the mosquito, the microfilariae shed sheaths, penetrate the midgut, and migrate to the thoracic muscles were the microfilariae increase in size, molt, and develop into infective larvae (L1 and L3) over a span of 7-21 days.