Mechanical transmission of Trypanosoma spp. by African Stomoxyinae (Diptera: Muscidae).
Ten taxa of Stomoxyinae were tested for their ability to transmit Trypanosoma brucei, T. vivax, T. evansi and T. congolense to mice within 3 min of interrupted feeding on highly parasitaemic blood. T. brucei was the easiest parasite to transmit with an 11.5% success rate, followed by T. vivax at 3.4%, and T. evansi at 0.9%. T. congolense was not transmitted in 129 attempts. Stomoxys niger sspp. and four unstudied species (S. varipes, S. taeniatus, S. pallidus, Haematobosca squalida) were capable of transmitting trypanosomes mechanically.
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International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya.
Maramba
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Munyoki
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Kagoiya
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D000818:Animals; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007630:Kenya; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009117:Muscidae; D013045:Species Specificity; D014346:Trypanosoma brucei brucei; D014348:Trypanosoma congolense; D016689:Trypanosoma vivax; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000635:transmission*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000635:transmission