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Both have the same wall area per unit volume, but CD microcosms had more horizontal surface area per unit volume than CS microcosms, and we predicted that CD microcosms would yield larger and faster growing larvae.
Embryos develop in a proteinaceous matrix extruded by the adult female, and hatch as second-stage larvae (L2) that move through the soil and invade the plant root.
Complete immobility or paralysis was taken as an indication for the neurotoxic activity in insect larvae.
Monitoring transmission levels based on levels of infective larvae may not be feasible within the scope of lymphatic filariasis elimination programs in settings like Leogane where Culex is the vector because of the relative rarity of identifying infective mosquitoes.
When infection prevalence declines below 1%, the potential for missing mosquitoes infected with the earliest larval stages and for misidentifying the species of filarial larvae found within mosquitoes increases.