Defense reactions of mosquitoes to filarial worms: comparative studies on the response of three different mosquitoes to inoculated Brugia pahangi and Dirofilaria immitis microfilariae |
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Authors: | B M Christensen D R Sutherland L N Gleason |
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Institution: | Department of Veterinary Science, 1655 Linden Drive, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 USA;Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101 USA |
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Abstract: | The melanization response of Aedes trivittatus and the Rockefeller (RKF) and black-eyed Liverpool (LVP) strains of Aedes aegypti against intrathoracically inoculated Dirofilaria immitis and Brugia pahangi microfilariae (mff) was investigated. All mff of either species were melanized in A. trivittatus following Day 2 postinoculation, and the response of this species was significantly more rapid and effective than either strain of A. aegypti. The refractory RKF strain had a significantly greater response against both D. immitis and B. pahangi than the highly susceptible LVP strain, but data suggest that the increased responsiveness was due to a physiologic incompatibility in RKF A. aegypti, thereby resulting in a greater mortality and subsequent melanization of inoculated mff. Inoculation of large numbers of mff overloaded the defense capabilities of A. aegypti (LVP), but not those of A. trivittatus. The melanization response against D. immitis mff was effectively reduced for up to 4 days in A. aegypti (LVP), but for only 1 day in A. trivittatus, when mosquitoes were maintained on a 0.3 m sucrose diet containing from 0.1 to 1.0% (w/v) phenylthiourea. |
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Keywords: | Brugia pahangi Dirofilaria immitis Aedes aegypti Aedes trivittatus mosquitoes Filarioidae response defense melanization encapsulation incompatibility physiologic phenylthiourea |
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