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Entry of Filaria Larvae into the Body Cavity of the Mosquito

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. O. T. Iyengar
M. O. T. Iyengar
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From the Institut voor Tropische Hygiene, Amsterdam
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The commonly accepted view regarding the manner of entry of larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobb.) into the body cavity of its mosquito host is that microfilariae from human blood enter the stomach of the mosquito along with the blood meal and after casting their sheath in the stomach, they penetrate through the wall of the stomach, enter the haemocele and then find their way into the thoracic muscles. The time taken for the penetration of the stomach wall according to Looss (1914) is 6–12 hours. According to Bahr (1912) the worms appear in the thoracic muscles in 24 hours, while Lebredo (1905) recorded that in exceptional cases, worms were seen in the thorax 13 hours after feeding, but ordinarily the time interval was longer.

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Parasitology , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , March 1936 , pp. 190 - 194
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1936

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