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The distribution of larvae of Brugia malayi and Brugia pahangi in the flight muscle fibres of Aedes aegypti and Mansonia uniformis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Evelyn B. Beckett  and
W. W. Macdonald
Evelyn B. Beckett
Affiliation:
Department of Histology, University of Liverpool and Sub-department of Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
W. W. Macdonald
Affiliation:
Department of Histology, University of Liverpool and Sub-department of Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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1. The distribution of filarial larvae in the dorsoventral and dorsal-longitudinal muscle fibre groups was studied in serial sections of mosquitoes of a susceptible strain of Aedes aegypti infected with Brugia pahangi or subperiodic B. malayi and of wild-caught Mansonia uniformis mosquitoes containing the latter parasite.

2. The experiments showed that more larvae were situated in the dorsal-longitudinal muscle than in the dorsoventral and that the difference in numbers was highly significant.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 61 , Issue 2 , October 1970 , pp. 211 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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