The relationship between rickettsia-like-organisms and trypanosome infections in natural populations of tsetse in Liberia.

Authors :: Maudlin I
Welburn SC
Mehlitz D
Source :: Tropical medicine and parasitology : official organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) [Trop Med Parasitol] 1990 Sep; Vol. 41 (3), pp. 265-7.
Publication Year :: 1990
Abstract: A survey of natural populations of tsetse flies for rickettsia-like-organisms (RLO) has been carried out in Liberia. A population of G.p. palpalis showed a strong association between trypanosome and RLO infection; both infections were at low levels in this species suggesting that this population is highly refractory to trypanosome infection. A small sample of G. nigrofusca, considered the most effective vector of trypanosomiasis in Liberia, was found to have very high prevalence of RLO infection. The selection pressures which could determine RLO infection rate are discussed.

Subjects :: Animals
Liberia
Insect Vectors microbiology
Rickettsia isolation & purification
Tsetse Flies microbiology

Language :: English
ISSN :: 0177-2392
Volume :: 41
Issue :: 3
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Tropical medicine and parasitology : official organ of Deutsche Tropenmedizinische Gesellschaft and of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 2255842

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