[Preliminary report on the susceptibility of mosquitoes to Brugia pahangi].
A comparative study on the susceptibility of eight species of four genera of mosquitoes to Brugia pahangi was carried out. Aedes aegypti (Liverpool strain), Aedes togoi, Armigeres subalbatus and Mansonia uniformis (Taiwan strains) were found with the third-stage larvae 14 days after feeding on infected rats (Sprague-Dawley). The remaining of Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Aedes pseudoalbopictus, Culex p. fatigans and Culex annutus (Taiwan strains) were found refractory to infection. To determine the infectivity of the four susceptible species, the mosquitoes were fed on the same rat (mf. density 70/20 cmm blood). They were dissected and examined 14 days later. Significantly higher numbers of infective-stage larvae per infected mosquito were found in Armigeres subalbatus (42.6), Aedes togoi (8.8), Aedes aegypti (Liverpool strain) (7.6) and Mansonia uniformis (3.3).
D000818:Animals; D002009:Brugia / Q000254:growth & development*; D009033:Culicidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D005370:Filarioidea / Q000254:growth & development*; D007303:Insect Vectors; D051381:Rats