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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 21(1), 1972, pp. 30-37
Copyright © 1972 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Bancroftian Filariasis in Two Villages in Dinajpur District, East Pakistan

II. Entomological Investigations*,{dagger},

M. Aslamkhan AND Martin S. Wolfe{ddagger}
University of Maryland, International Center for Medical Research and Training, Pakistan Medical Research Center, Lahore, Pakistan

In two villages in a non-urban focus of nocturnally periodic bancroftian filariasis in Thakurgaon thana, Dinajpur District, East Pakistan, Culex pipiens fatigans was found to be the principal vector. Infective mosquitoes were found during 6 months of the year, correlating with other clinical and climatic criteria for a highly endemic focus. These mosquitoes were never found biting cattle. Larvae of this species were found throughout the year in small polluted domestic water collections. Mosquitoes of the Culex vishnui complex were found to be minor vectors of bancroftian filariasis. Infective larvae thought to be Setaria were found in three other mosquito species and infective larvae identical to the bird filarioid, Cardiofilaria nilesi, were present in Culex vagans mosquitoes.

Accepted for publication July 1, 1971.


* Presented in part at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Washington, D. C., November 6, 1969.


{dagger} Supported by Research Grant TW00142 (ICMRT) from the Office of International Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.


{ddagger} Present address: Office of Medical Services, Department of State, Washington, D. C. 20520.






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