title: The fate of ingested Brugia pahangi microfilariae in susceptible and refractory strains of Culex pipiens and Aedes aegypti.
abstract: The uptake and migration of microfilariae of Brugia pahangi in susceptible and refractory Culex pipiens and Aedes aegypti were compared after membrane-feeding the mosquitoes on infected blood and anti-coagulant. There was no difference between the strains within each species in the pattern of migration, but in C pipiens only 24% of the microfilariae reached the thorax whereas in A. aegypti 73-6% were successful. In both susceptible strains the filariae in the thorax developed normally to maturity, but in both refractory strains almost all filariae died within a few days.
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D002009:Brugia; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology*; D005370:Filarioidea; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D013909:Thorax / Q000469:parasitology