Acanthocheilonema viteae is a parasitic nematode. Acanthocheilonema viteae, previously Dipetalonema viteae, is a rodent filarial worm that is often used as a model to study human filarial infections. Filarial nematodes are the causative agents of filariases, tropical diseases that afflict about 160 million people worldwide. Currently, there are neither safe and efficient drugs nor vaccines available to eliminate or prevent these infections, which makes the development of new control strategies a priority (Tachu et al., 2008). Research