Update on the biology and ecology of Culicoides species in the South-West region of Cameroon with implications on the transmission of Mansonella perstans

Parasites & Vectors

Table 5 Developmental stages of Mansonella perstans recovered from Culicoides fed on a microfilaraemic donor and reared in the laboratory for 12 days following infection

Species	No. collected	No. dissected	No. positive (prevalence)	Larval output
				Total no. of L3 recovered	Head			Thorax			Abdomen			L3/fly
					L1	L2	L3	L1	L2	L3	L1	L2	L3
C. inornatipennis	108	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. fulvithorax	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C. grahamii	373	194	5 (1.3^a, 2.6^b)	7	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.04
C. milnei	1553	807	333 (21.4^a, 41.3^b)	584	0	0	440	0	8	60	0	14	84	1.75
C. neavei	62	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2100	1091 (51.9)	338 (16.1^a, 31.0^b)	591	0	7	444	0	8	63	0	14	84	0.54