Mass dissection technique versus individual dissection in diagnosis of infection of mosquitoes by filaria in Sharkia Governorate

ABSTRACT

Mosquitoes were collected by suction from indoors in Elkoreen, [a highly endemic area for filariasis in Egypt]. 800 mosquitoes were dissected by individual dissection and 900 by mass dissection. The number of filarial larvae found by individual dissection was 14 compared to 85 by mass dissection. So, Mass dissection technique is very simple, easy to perform and detect more filarial larvae