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.
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya.
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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