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Laboratory infection of Anopheles pharoensis with Wuchereria bancrofti. 1977

F W Mosha, and S A Magayuka

A. pharoensis was infected from a donor with a high count of W. bancrofti microfilariae. Of the freshly dissected mosquitos, 81.6% were found to have ingested microfilariae, with an average of 12 +/- 2.2 microfilariae per mosquito. An infectivity rate of 41.9% was observed in mosquitos dissected between the eleventh and fifteenth days after feeding. A mean of 7.6 +/- 1.2 third-stage larvae was found in infective mosquitos. Although A. pharoensis has not yet been found naturally infected with third-stage larvae of W. bancrofti, these studies suggest that it is a potential vector of Bancroftian filariasis.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007303	Insect Vectors	Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.	Insect Vector,Vector, Insect,Vectors, Insect
D005368	Filariasis	Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body is mainly asymptomatic but the death of adult worms leads to granulomatous inflammation and permanent fibrosis. Organisms of the genus Elaeophora infect wild elk and domestic sheep causing ischemic necrosis of the brain, blindness, and dermatosis of the face.	Elaeophoriasis,Filarioidea Infections,Infections, Filarioidea,Elaeophoriases,Filariases,Filarioidea Infection,Infection, Filarioidea
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000852	Anopheles	A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) that are known vectors of MALARIA.	Anopheles gambiae
D014957	Wuchereria	A genus of filarial nematodes.	Wuchererias
D014958	Wuchereria bancrofti	A white threadlike worm which causes elephantiasis, lymphangitis, and chyluria by interfering with the lymphatic circulation. The microfilaria are found in the circulating blood and are carried by mosquitoes.	Filaria bancrofti,Filaria sanguinis hominis