Yap E H, Ho B C, Singh M, Kang K L, Lim B L
J Helminthol. 1975 Dec;49(4):263-9. doi: 10.1017/s0022149x00026262.
Breinlia booliati exhibited nocturnal subperiodicity in its natural host, Rattus sabanus in contrast to experimentally infected laboratory-reared albine rats which showed irregular fluctuations of microfilariae throughout the 24 hour cycle. All the infected albino rats showed a prepatent period between 11-14 weeks postinoculation. Three patterns of microfilaraemia were discerned during the course of infection 38/49 rats displayed a single peak, 4/49 displayed 2 peaks about 12-15 weeks apart and 7/49 showed a sustained high plateau-like pattern of microfilaraemia. Cortisone had no effect on microfilarial levels when administered to rats near postpatency and some at postpatency.
布氏布氏丝虫在其天然宿主萨氏家鼠中表现出夜间亚周期性，这与实验感染的实验室饲养白化大鼠形成对比，后者在24小时周期内微丝蚴呈现不规则波动。所有感染的白化大鼠在接种后11 - 14周出现潜伏期。在感染过程中可识别出三种微丝蚴血症模式：49只大鼠中有38只呈现单峰，4只呈现两个相隔约12 - 15周的峰，7只呈现持续的高原样微丝蚴血症模式。当在接近潜伏期和一些处于潜伏期时给大鼠注射可的松，对微丝蚴水平没有影响。
