[Studies on the susceptibility of Anopheles anthropophagus to experimental infection with Wuchereria bancrofti].

This paper reports the susceptibility of Anopheles anthropophagus (Xu et Feng, 1975) to experimental infection with Wuchereria bancrofti (Cobbold, 1877), comparing with that of An. sinensis Wiedemann, 1828, Culex pipiens quinque fasciatus Say, 1823, and Aedes togoi (Theobald, 1907). Of 188 An. anthropophagus, 202 An. sinensis, 280 Cx. pipiens quinque fasciatus and 129 Ae. togoi infected by the blood of a bancroftian microfilaremia with mff density of 190 mff/20cmm, the infective rates were 35.64%, 9.41%, 30.00% and 65.89%, respectively; while of 188 An. lesteri anthropophagus, 134 An. sinensis, 289 Cx, pipiens quinque fasciatus and 176 Ae. togoi infected by the blood of another bancroftian microfilaremia with mff density of 83 mff/20 cmm, the infective rates were 18.09%, 3.73%, 13.84% and 39.77%, respectively. It is concluded that the susceptibility of An. anthropophagus to experimental infection with W. bancrofti is significantly higher than that of An. sinensis, significantly lower than that of Ae. togoi and at the same level with that of Cx. pipiens quinquefasciatus (Fig. 1-7).