Autor(es): Lindsay S W

Resumo: The course of the migration of infective larvae of Brugia pahangi within the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is described. The presence of blood or eggs in the abdomens of mosquitoes at a time when the infective larvae are beginning their migration out of the thorax leads to a significant increase in the proportion of larvae accumulating in the abdomen. The evidence supports the hypothesis that infective larvae may accumulate in the labium as a direct consequence of the insect's internal anatomy i.e. infective larvae on moving into a confined space tend to remain there. In addition, the rate at which infective larvae migrate into the labium is shown to be density dependent.

Imprenta: Parasitology, v. 92, n. 2, p. 369-378, 1986

Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1017/S0031182000064131

Descritores: Aedes aegypti - Pathogenesis

Data de publicação: 1986

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