Abstract
Natural populations of 6 species of mosquito—Anopheles tenebrosus, Taeniorynchus (Mansonioides) africanus, Taeniorynchus (Mansonioides) uniformis, Anopheles coustani, Anopheles ziemanni, and Anopheles pharoensis—were examined for filarial parasites. Infective stages of Dirofilaria immitis were found in the first 3 of these species, which are therefore considered vectors. Laboratory studies to see whether or not any of the 6 could potentially transmit Wucheria bancrofti showed only A. tenebrosus to be capable of producing the infective stage.
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