Experimental Infection of Mosquitoes with Dirofilaria repens (Nematoda, Filarioidea) Larvae

• Date: 2005
• Main Authors: Kuzmin, Yu., Varodi, E., Vasylyk, N., Kononko, G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут зоології ім. І. І. Шмальгаузена НАН України 2005
• Subjects: Экология
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/3403
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Experimental Infection of Mosquitoes with Dirofilaria repens (Nematoda, Filarioidea) Larvae / Yu. Kuzmin, E. Varodi, N. Vasylyk, G. Kononko // Вестн. зоологии. — 2005. — Т. 39, № 6. — С. 19–24. — англ.

Gravid females of three mosquito species: Anopheles maculipennis atroparvus, Culex pipiens molestus and Aedes aegypti, all from laboratory cultures, were experimentally infected with microfilaria of Dirofilaria repens from blood of a domestic dog from vicinity of Kyiv (Ukraine). Larval stages of the...