The vector host link in filariasis.
Only a minority of microfilariae taken up by the appropriate vector develop to the infestive stage, and the distribution of the resulting third-stage larvae in the vector population is overdispersed. The larvae which reach the final host at first stimulate an immune defence reaction, but this is later suppressed. The importance of these factors in the life cycles of vector-borne parasites is considered.
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Institut für Tropenmedizin, Eberhard-karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany.
D000818:Animals; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000502:physiology; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D006801:Humans