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The effect of chitin synthesis inhibitors on the development of Brugia malayi in Aedes aegypti

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

R. Mohapatra
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Entomology and Parasitology, Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Bhubaneswar, 751 016, India
M.R. Ranjit
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Entomology and Parasitology, Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Bhubaneswar, 751 016, India
A.P. Dash*
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Entomology and Parasitology, Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Bhubaneswar, 751 016, India
*
* Author for correspondence.

Abstract

Two chitin synthesis inhibitors (CSIs) viz., triflumuron and hexaflumuron interfere with the development of Brugia malayi in Aedes aegypti (a black-eyed Liverpool strain). The development of B. malayi was slow in both the treated populations and the infection rate, infectivity rate and L3 load per mosquito decreased significantly (P< 0.001) in comparison with untreated controls. Hexaflumuron was found to be more inhibiting than triflumuron.

Type
Research Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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