[Spiroplasmas and hematophagous arthropods; prospects in tropical pathology].
Spiroplasmas are original wall-free prokaryotes which exhibit motility and a helical shape although lacking any cell wall or motile apparatus. They are known by phytopathologists because some of them are responsible for severe arthropod-borne plant diseases, such as Spiroplasma citri, the etiologic agent of "citrus stubborn disease". Other spiroplasmas are pathogenic for a number of insects: drosophila, bees and beetles. More recently spiroplasmas were also isolated from ticks, mosquitoes, horse-flies and deer-flies opening a new chapter in medical pathology. These agents are of possible great significance in Tropical Medicine.
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Gilot
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Le Goff
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Gruffaz
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Simitzis
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D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000635:transmission; D001435:Bacteriophages; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D009033:Culicidae / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D013149:Spiroplasma / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology
Spiroplasmes et arthropodes hématophages; perspectives en pathologie tropicale.