Brugia pahangi: effects upon the flight capability of Aedes aegypti. |
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Authors: | W T Hockmeyer B A Schiefer B C Redington B F Eldridge |
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Affiliation: | 1. Division of Geographic Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D. C. 20306 USA;2. Department of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C. 20012 USA;3. Department of Medical Zoology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C. 20012 USA |
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Abstract: | Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were adversely affected by infections of the filarial worm Brugia pahangi. Infected mosquitoes flew significantly shorter distances and showed marked reductions in total flight time during 24-hr flight mill tests compared to uninfected controls. Total flight range and duration flown by infected mosquitoes remained relatively constant throughout the infection process, while control mosquitoes flew further and longer with increasing time after their blood meal. Furthermore, a significantly greater number of infected mosquitoes either died or were rendered incapable of flight. Of flying and nonflying mosquitoes with 6-day-old or older infections dissected for parasite burdens, the nonflying group contained significantly more worms. Results of this study indicate that developing filarial larvae within this mosquito vector reduce its ability to survive and to transmit its infection by reducing its flight capabilities. Conclusions from this study relate only to A. aegypti homozygous for the gene fm which is fully susceptible to this filarial parasite. |
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Keywords: | Filariasis Flight capability Flight mill Mosquito mortality Mosquito morbidity Microfilariae Second-stage larvae Third-stage larvae |
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