Filarial Disease
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collected from infected houses in Georgetown, British Guiana, to the number of 1,500. Of these, 237 were Stegomyia fasciata, 105 Cellia argyrostris and 1,131 Culex fatigans. Only one Stegomyia was infected, while 7.4 per cent, of all Culex fatigans were found to be infected. No other mosquito was infected, so that it appears that Culex fatigans is the only carrier of Filaria bancrofti of importance in the city of Georgetown. Some interesting notes are made on the
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