Table 3 Mean number of sheathed and exsheathed mf of B. malayi from the midgut, haemocoel (haemolymph) and thoracic musculature of An. paraliae at different time points post-infection (PI)
Time PI | Mean no. of total mf per infected midgut (range) | Mean no. of total mf per infected haemocoel (range) | Mean no. of total mf per infected thoracic muscles (range) | Sheathed and exsheathed mf found in each part of mosquitoesa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Midguta | Haemocoela | Thoraxa | |||||||
Mean no. of sheathed mf (%) | Mean no. of exsheathed mf (%) | Mean no. of sheathed mf (%) | Mean no. of exsheathed mf (%) | Mean no. of sheathed mf (%) | Mean no. of exsheathed mf (%) | ||||
5 min | 36.2 (6–83) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 29.2 (81) | 7 (19) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
1 h | 25 (13–46) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8.6 (34) | 16.4 (66) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
2 h | 15.8 (5–20) | 2.2 (1–4) | 2.2 (0–4) | 3.8 (24) | 12 (76) | 0 (0) | 2.2 (100) | 0 (0) | 2.2 (100) |
3 h | 13.8 (8–24) | 0.4 (0–1) | 2.4 (0–5) | 3.2 (23) | 10.6 (77) | 0 (0) | 0.4 (100) | 0 (0) | 2.4 (100) |
4 h | 23.2 (19–30) | 2 (0–4) | 3.2 (2–4) | 2.8 (12) | 20.4 (88) | 0 (0) | 2 (100) | 0 (0) | 3.2 (100) |
5 h | 28.8 (4–90) | 0.8 (0–3) | 8 (4–14) | 2.6 (9) | 26.2 (91) | 0 (0) | 0.8 (100) | 0 (0) | 8 (100) |
6 h | 15 (8–31) | 0.6 (0–2) | 5 (2–8) | 0.6 (4) | 14.4 (96) | 0 (0) | 0.6 (100) | 0 (0) | 4.2 (100) |
12 h | 18.4 (4–43) | 5.2 (0–12) | 16 (3–39) | 0.4 (2) | 18 (98) | 0 (0) | 5.2 (100) | 0 (0) | 16 (100) |
18 h | 7.4 (1–18) | 1.2 (0–2) | 11.2 (0–26) | 0 (0) | 7.4 (100) | 0 (0) | 1.2 (100) | 0 (0) | 11.2 (100) |
24 h | 1.6 (0–3) | 0.2 (0–1) | 5.8 (4–7) | 0 (0) | 1.6 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.2 (100) | 0 (0) | 5.8 (100) |
48 h | 0.6 (0–3) | 0 (0) | 5.6 (1–10) | 0 (0) | 0.6 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5.6 (100) |
72 h | 0.2 (0–1) | 0 (0) | 6.6 (1–13) | 0 (0) | 0.2 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6.6 (100) |