Microfilariae are ingested from humans by:

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(B) The causative agent of filariasis (elephantiasis) is the filarial worm, $Wuchereria 	ext{ bancrofti}$.The life cycle of $Wuchereria$ involves two

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Culex fatigans mosquito

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(B) The causative agent of filariasis (elephantiasis) is the filarial worm, $Wuchereria 	ext{ bancrofti}$.The life cycle of $Wuchereria$ involves two hosts: humans (definitive host) and female mosquitoes of the genus $Culex$ (intermediate host).Specifically, the microfilariae (larval stage) present in the human blood are ingested by the female $Culex 	ext{ fatigans}$ mosquito during a blood meal.Inside the mosquito, these larvae undergo development into the infective stage.

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