Survival of Anaplasma marginale in Aedes albopictus cells.
Bovine red blood cells infected with Anaplasma marginale were introduced into cell line cultures from the mosquito Aedes albopictus. The cultured mosquito cells phagocytized both infected and uninfected red blood cells. The parasite remained viable, as determined by calf inoculations, for 21 days.
D000330:Aedes / Q000382:microbiology*; D000709:Anaplasma / Q000254:growth & development*; D000712:Anaplasmosis / Q000382:microbiology; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D010587:Phagocytosis