| |
Time post ingestion
|
Number of parasites recovereda
|
Total wormsa
|
Percentage of mosquitoes harboring parasites
|
|---|
| | |
Midgut
|
Abdomen
|
Thorax
|
Head
| | |
|
Ae. aegypti-LVP
|
2 h
|
23
|
21
|
43
|
n.d.
|
87
|
93% (6.2 ± 6.1)b
|
| |
7 d
|
0
|
0
|
65
|
0
|
65
|
73% (5.9 ± 5.9)
|
| |
14 d
|
n.d.
|
7
|
30
|
22
|
59 (20)
|
80% (3.9 ± 3.2)
|
|
Cx. pipiens
|
2 h
|
100
|
4
|
0
|
n.d.
|
104
|
93% (7.5 ± 7.1)
|
| |
7 d
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
13% (2.0 ± 1.4)
|
| |
14 d
|
0 (10)
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
- aParasites were observed in mosquito dissections by microscopy at various times after ingestion of microfilaremic blood. Fifteen mosquitoes were dissected at each time point, except as noted (n.d., 10, or 20).
- bMosquito infection rate (mean intensity ± SD)
