Trypanosomes in Wild California Sandflies, and Extrinsic Stages of Trypanosoma bufophlebotomi |
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| Authors: | STEPHEN C. AYALA |
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| Affiliation: | Div. of Parasitology, Univ. of California, Berkeley |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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