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The distribution of developing Brugia pahangi and Brugia malayi larvae within the dorsal longitudinal flight muscles of Aedes aegypti and Mansonia uniformis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

Evelyn B. Beckett
Evelyn B. Beckett
Affiliation:
Department of Histology, University of Liverpool
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1. The distribution of larvae within the dorsal longitudinal muscle fibre groups of A. aegypti infected with subperiodic B. malayi or B. pahangi and of M. uniformis infected with the former parasite was studied with the aid of serial sections.

2. In all experiments the top bundles of fibres contained fewer parasites than either the middle or lowest bundles, but whereas most parasites were concentrated in the middle bundles in A. aegypti there was no significant difference in M. uniformis between the bottom and middle fibre bundles. The lowermost fibre was not the most heavily parasitized of the dorsal longitudinal group.

3. Nothing is known of what determines whether or not a particular fibre becomes parasitized, but it was concluded that the distance between the fibre and the gut (from which the parasites emerge to travel to the muscle) is not the principal factor.

I am very much indebted to Mr Cheong Weng Hooi and his colleagues for collecting and processing mosquitoes in Kuala Lumpur and to Mrs J. Oliver who finished the processing in Liverpool. I am grateful also to Dr W. W. Macdonald for his advice and help in all stages of this work and to Miss M. A. Johnson who assisted with the care of the A. aegypti colony and prepared the diagrams for this paper.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 63 , Issue 1 , August 1971 , pp. 119 - 124
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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