MOSQUITO VECTORS OF D/ROFILARIA REPE'NS I N T H R I S S U R, K E RA LA

oleh: Lucy Sabu, H. Subramanian

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Diterbitkan: Director of Academics and Research, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University 2007-01-01

Deskripsi

One thousand nineteen mosquitoes collected from houses keeping dogs were dissected to find out the larval stages of helminths if any. The collection included 454 Culex sp, 506 Armigeres sp, 10 Mansonia sp, 48 Aedes sp. and one Anopheles sp. Among these, one each of Armigeres and Culex sp. was found to contain helminth larvae. They were identif<ed as the second and third stage larvae of Dirofilaria repens based on morphology. !t is concluded that both Armigeres and Culex sp. can act as vectors of D. repens