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Trypanosomes in Wild California Sandflies, and Extrinsic Stages of Trypanosoma bufophlebotomi
Author(s) -
AYALA STEPHEN C.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1971.tb03349.x
Subject(s) - sandfly , biology , kinetoplast , lutzomyia , trypanosoma , leishmaniasis , zoology , leishmania , psychodidae , phlebotomus , virology , parasite hosting , immunology , genetics , dna , world wide web , computer science
SYNOPSIS. Trypanosomes were found in 94 of over 1,600 wild Lutzomyia vexatrix occidentis , a common phlebotomine sandfly in central California; 25% of the infected sandflies harbored T. bufophlebotomi , identifiable by its peculiar kinetoplast and body structure. The toad trypanosome was cultured from insect isolates and freeze‐preserved. Growth in culture occurred at 23 C, but not at 15 C or 30 C. The other 75% of trypanosomes from wild sandflies remain unidentified, altho some were probably T. scelopori or T. gerrhonoti of lizards.