The upcoming discussion will update you about the difference between W.Bancrofti and B.Malayi. Difference # W. Bancrofti: Adult worms are creamy white, filiform and have cylindrical body with tapering ends. Posterior end of male is sharply curved ventrally bearing two unequal copulatory spicules. The female has narrow and abruptly pointed tail end. Microfilariae are 225 to 300 µm long and [...]
The below mentioned article provides notes on tsetse flies as vectors. Tsetse flies are of paramount importance in Africa because of their role as vectors of trypano some infections of man and domestic animals, which have had a profound effect on the economy and development of that continent (Fig. 15.17). The tsetse flies are elongated dark brown or yellowish-brown flies. [...]
Sand flies are of great importance as the transmitters of various kinds of leishmaniasis, of a filtrable virus disease called three-day fever or more commonly sand-fly or papatasi fever and of Oroya fever. These are blood sucking flies and they belong to the genus Phlebotomus. These are small, moth like flies, rarely over 5 mm long. Their bodies and wings [...]