How is Lymphatic Filariasis transmitted from one person to another?
The adult produces millions of very small, immature larvae known as microfilariae, which circulate in the peripheral blood with marked nocturnal periodicity. The worms usually live and produce microfilariae for 4-6 years. Lymphatic filariasis is transmitted through mosquito bites. The microfilariae enter the body of a mosquito when it feeds on the blood of a person carrying microfilariae in their blood (mf carriers). It takes 7-21 days for the microfilariae to develop inside the body of the mosquito.
