title: Vectors of Wuchereria bancrofti in the Sepik Provinces of Papua New Guinea.
abstract: The vectors of Wuchereria bancrofti were investigated in two areas of the Sepik Provinces of Papua New Guinea. At the village of Yauatong, indoor-resting Anopheles punctulatus had an infection rate of 47.3% and an infective rate of 3.4%. No infections occurred in 382 Culex annulirostris obtained in night-landing catches. At the village of Yankok only An. koliensis contained infective larvae but An. punctulatus and Cx quinquefasciatus were infected. Probit values of the cumulative percentages of filariae-positive mosquitoes plotted against the logarithm of the corresponding filaria count are illustrated.
mesh_terms: D000852:Anopheles / Q000469:parasitology; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology; D005368:Filariasis / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti