Table 3.
Specimens of laboratory colony Aedes japonicus PEN (n = 8) examined for larval stages of Dirofilaria repens
| Mosquitoes | Number of larval stages per individual positive mosquito | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dpi | Total no. | No. positive | mf | L1 | L2 | L3 | Location (total no. in all dissected mosquitoes)a |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | – | – | – | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | |
| 12 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 8 | Proboscis (6), head (1), Malpighian tubules (1) |
| 16 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | Head (1), abdomen (3) |
Abbreviations: dpi day post-inoculation, mf microfilariae, L1 first-stage larva, L2 second-stage larva, L3 third-stage larva (infectious stage)
aData given only when localisation was clearly assignable after dissection