Mosha F W, Magayuka S A
Bull World Health Organ. 1977;55(6):765-6.
A. pharoensis was infected from a donor with a high count of W. bancrofti microfilariae. Of the freshly dissected mosquitos, 81.6% were found to have ingested microfilariae, with an average of 12 +/- 2.2 microfilariae per mosquito. An infectivity rate of 41.9% was observed in mosquitos dissected between the eleventh and fifteenth days after feeding. A mean of 7.6 +/- 1.2 third-stage larvae was found in infective mosquitos. Although A. pharoensis has not yet been found naturally infected with third-stage larvae of W. bancrofti, these studies suggest that it is a potential vector of Bancroftian filariasis.
法老按蚊从一名班氏吴策线虫微丝蚴计数很高的供血者处受到感染。在刚解剖的蚊子中，发现81.6%摄入了微丝蚴，每只蚊子平均摄入12±2.2条微丝蚴。在喂食后第11天至第15天解剖的蚊子中观察到感染率为41.9%。在具有感染性的蚊子中平均发现7.6±1.2条第三期幼虫。虽然尚未发现法老按蚊自然感染班氏吴策线虫第三期幼虫，但这些研究表明它是班氏丝虫病的潜在传播媒介。
