title: [Spiroplasmas and hematophagous arthropods; prospects in tropical pathology].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chastel
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Abalain-Colloc
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gilot
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Le Goff
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gruffaz
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Simitzis
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Spiroplasmes et arthropodes hématophages; perspectives en pathologie tropicale.