Laboratory Technique for Producing Microfilariae of 'Dirofilaria immitis' in Mosquitoes

The basic technique which makes controlled experiments with infective microfilariae (Dirofilaria immitis) possible is the experimental production of third-stage filariae. The technique described is one which has been used by the 406th Medical Laboratory for many years; its development has been the w...

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Hauptverfasser: Fowler,James L, Young,Jimmy L, Fernau,R. C, Ferguson,David E
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Zusammenfassung:The basic technique which makes controlled experiments with infective microfilariae (Dirofilaria immitis) possible is the experimental production of third-stage filariae. The technique described is one which has been used by the 406th Medical Laboratory for many years; its development has been the work of many investigators from the Department of Entomology and the Department of Veterinary Medicine. (Author)