Table 1.

Filarial parasites and vectors in 22 LF-endemic countries in the WHO Western Pacific Region¹

		Parasite
Sub-region	Country and area	Species	Periodicity	Vector
Pacific (Polynesia)	American Samoa	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	Cook Islands	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	French Polynesia	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	Niue	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	Samoa	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	Tonga	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	Tuvalu	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	Wallis and Futuna	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
Pacific (Micronesia)	Kiribati	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Culex
	Marshall Islands	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Culex
	Micronesia, FS	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Culex
	Palau	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Culex
Pacific (Melanesia)	Fiji	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	New Caledonia	W. bancrofti	Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
	Papua New Guinea	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Anopheles
	Vanuatu	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Anopheles
Asia	Brunei Darussalam	B. malayi	Nocturnally periodic	Mansonia
	Cambodia	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Anopheles
	Lao PDR	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic
	Malaysia	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Anopheles
		B. malayi	Nocturnally periodic	Mansonia
			Diurnally sub-periodic	Mansonia
	Philippines	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Anopheles
			Diurnally sub-periodic	Aedes
		B. malayi	Nocturnally sub-periodic	Mansonia
	Viet Nam	W. bancrofti	Nocturnally periodic	Culex
		B. malayi	Nocturnally periodic	Mansonia