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The Use of a Membrane Feeding Technique for Infecting Mosquitoes with Filarial Worms Transported between Laboratories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

T. Ponnudurai ,
D. A. Denham  and
G. S. Nelson
T. Ponnudurai
Affiliation:
Department of Medical HelminthologyLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineKeppel Street, London, WCIE 7HT.
D. A. Denham
Affiliation:
Department of Medical HelminthologyLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineKeppel Street, London, WCIE 7HT.
G. S. Nelson
Affiliation:
Department of Medical HelminthologyLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineKeppel Street, London, WCIE 7HT.
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Summary

Blood containing microfilariae has been successfully transported from various laboratories to London. This blood was used to infect mosquitoes with filarial parasites by means of a membrane feeding system. Brugia malayi, Wuchereria bancrofti and Dirofilaria immitis have been successfully transported in this way.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 45 , Issue 4 , December 1971 , pp. 415 - 418
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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