Life cycle,epizootiology, and horizontal transmission of Amblyospora (Microspora: Amblyosporidae) in a univoltine mosquito, Aedes stimulans |
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Authors: | Theodore G Andreadis |
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Institution: | Department of Entomology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, P.O. Box 1106, New Haven, Connecticut 06504 USA |
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Abstract: | Amblyospora infections in Aedes stimulans are transovarially transmitted by females infected in the previous year. Pathogen development in progeny is dimorphic and host sex dependent. In males, the pathogen invades fat body tissue and undergoes an extensive developmental sequence which kills the host and results in the formation of eight haploid spores enclosed in an accessory membrane that are not infectious to other larvae. In females, the pathogen invades host oenocytes and undergoes a simple developmental sequence which has no detrimental affect on longevity, fecundity, oviposition, or egg hatch, and results in the formation of binucleated spores that infect the ovaries and ensure transmission to the next generation. Transovarial transmission is continuous and is the major way in which these microsporidia are maintained from year to year, but is incapable of maintaining infections in breeding populations because of low transmission rates and is not sufficient to account for the types and levels of infection observed in the field. Horizontal transmission is reported for the first time. It occurs sporadically during the early stages of larval subsequently disseminated to oenocytes of adult hosts and are transovarially transmitted by females to filial host generations. This pathway of transmission provides the necessary mechanism whereby these microsporidia can reenter the mosquito population and thus perpetuate themselves. |
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Keywords: | Microsporidia mosquito life cycle epizootiology horizontal transmission transovarial transmission |
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