Experimental Infection of Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus and Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti with Wuchereria bancrofti
A study was conducted to determine the susceptibility of local strains of Culex quinquefasciatus and Aedes aegypti to infection with the strain of Wuchereria bancrofti that occurs in Maceió, State of Alagoas, Brazil. Cx. quinquefasciatus blood fed simultaneously on the same microfilariae carrier ing...
Main Authors: | Calheiros Cláudia ML, Fontes Gilberto, Williams Paul, Rocha Eliana MM |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
1998-01-01
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Series: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000600029 |
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