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Table 7 Specimens of laboratory colony Aedes geniculatus IPZ (n = 8) examined microscopically for larval stages of Dirofilaria repens

From: Development of Dirofilaria immitis and Dirofilaria repens in Aedes japonicus and Aedes geniculatus

 

Mosquitoes

Number of larval stages per individual positive mosquito

 

Dpi

Total no.

No. positive

Mf

L1

L2

L3

Location (total no. in all dissected mosquitoes)a

1

3

3

6, 8, 20

–

–

–

 

5

2

2

–

3, 7

–

–

Malpighian tubules (3)

9

1

1

–

3

19

14

Malphighian tubules (36)

14

2

2

–

1

–

1, 25

L3: Proboscis (20), thorax (2), Malpighian tubules (4)

  1. Abbreviations: dpi day post-inoculation, mf microfilariae, L1 first-stage larva, L2 second-stage larva, L3 third-stage larva (infectious stage)
  2. aData given only when localisation was clearly assignable after dissection