title: [Amiota magna as an intermediate host of Thelazia callipaeda under laboratory conditions].
abstract: A number of flies around the eyes of a person or around a fruit bait were collected from Huangshan Mountain, and experimentally infected by newborn larvae of Thelazia callipaeda. After 20 days, the flies were examined for T. callipaeda. Following dissection, 3 (30%, 3/10) of Amiota magna, and 55 (21.6%, 55/255) of A. okada were found infected by T. callipaeda. The susceptibility of T. callipaeda is similar in the two species fruit flies (chi2=0.0584, P> 0.05). The rabbits were infected by infective larvae of T. callipaeda from A. magna. At the 35th day after infection, the newborn larvae and worms of T. callipaeda were found in the conjunctival sac of rabbits. This study suggested that A. magna acts as intermediate host of T. callipaeda under laboratory conditions.
authors.affiliation: Anhui Key Laboratory of Zoonoses, Key Laboratory of Gene Resource Utilization for Severe Diseases of the Ministry of Education and Anhui Province, Hefei, China. jlshen@ahmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Ji-Long
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Zeng-Xian
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing-Li
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hui-Qin
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Yin-Di
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018428:Drosophilidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D015822:Eye Infections, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D011817:Rabbits; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013802:Thelazioidea / Q000145:classification