[The hosts of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910 (Diptera: Glossinidae) in 2 animal breeding zones in the Central African Republic].
From 1987 to 1993, a survey on the feeding behavior of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes was conducted in the Central African Republic. A total of 556 blood-meal samples was analyzed by ELISA. According to the results, the number of blood meals from cattle was rather low (12% on average). During the rainy season, this number increased significantly and varied according to the sampling area. Along the riverine forests, this amounted to 5%, while blood meals from wild ruminants amounted to 87%. In the neighborhood of watering-places, the number of cattle blood meals reached 9-22%. Reptiles were found to be important hosts (17-35%). In all cases, man presented a non-negligible host (4-14%), similar to suidae (2-19%). The authors discuss the relevance of these results to risk of trypanosomes transmission.
Gouteux
J P
JP
ORSTOM, s/c Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, laboratoire de mathématiques appliquées, IPRA.
D'Amico
F
F
Cuisance
D
D
Blanc
F
F
Demba
D
D
Staak
C
C
Clausen
P H
PH
Kota-Guinza
A
A
Le Gall
F
F
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D001717:Birds; D002335:Carnivora; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D002488:Central African Republic; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007299:Insect Bites and Stings / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D012104:Reptiles; D012418:Ruminants; D013552:Swine; D014370:Tsetse Flies / Q000502:physiology*
Les hôtes de Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910 (Diptera: Glossinidae) dans 2 zones d'élevage de la République centrafricaine.