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MOSQUITOES which on dissection show infective filarial forms are often regarded as vectors of human filariasis in a particular area where mosquito collections are made. As mosquitoes of the same species may also play the part of vectors of animal filarial infections, findings in any given area have to be interpreted carefully. A short account of conditions pertaining in a small village in Sakhigopal, Orissa State, India, Where Wuchereria bancrofti is the known cause of filarial infection in man, is given below.
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RAGHAVAN, N., MISRA, B. & ROY, R. Filarial Infections in Mosquitoes. Nature 170, 253 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/170253a0
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