. Outlines of zoology. genus. The unknown parasite of yellowfever is transmitted by the bite of another mosquito,SUgomyia fasdata. It occurs in all parts of the worldbetween the parallels 40° N. and S. It is a most viciousbiter both by day and night, and breeds in small artificialcollections of water, such as barrels, puddles, cisterns, andeven in such small receptacles as sardine tins (Theobald).Culex fatigans and C. pipiens act as carriers of Filariabancrofti or F. sanguinis hominis nocturna, the parasite ofthe human disease filariasis. The African Tsetse flies,Glossina palpalis (Fig. 53) an
. Outlines of zoology. genus. The unknown parasite of yellowfever is transmitted by the bite of another mosquito,SUgomyia fasdata. It occurs in all parts of the worldbetween the parallels 40° N. and S. It is a most viciousbiter both by day and night, and breeds in small artificialcollections of water, such as barrels, puddles, cisterns, andeven in such small receptacles as sardine tins (Theobald).Culex fatigans and C. pipiens act as carriers of Filariabancrofti or F. sanguinis hominis nocturna, the parasite ofthe human disease filariasis. The African Tsetse flies,Glossina palpalis (Fig. 53) and G. morsitans, convey theparasites (Trypanosomes) of sleeping sickness andNagana respectively. The latter disease, which is com-municable to horses, cattle, goats, sheep, and otherdomesticated animals, is probably alsoconveyed by other species of Tsetseflies. In general, one may say thatwild animals, which appear to be un-affected by the parasites which theycontain, are the source of the fatalinfection of
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