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Rickettsia-like organisms, puparial temperature and susceptibility to trypanosome infection in Glossina morsitans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

S. C. Welburn  and
I. Maudlin
S. C. Welburn
Affiliation:
Tsetse Research Laboratory, ODA/University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DU
I. Maudlin
Affiliation:
Tsetse Research Laboratory, ODA/University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS18 7DU
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Summary

Maintaining the puparial stage of successive generations of a population of tsetse 3 °C lower than normal reduced the numbers of rickettsia-like organisms (RLO) carried by emerging flies. The susceptibility of these flies to midgut infection with Trypanosoma congolense was also significantly reduced compared with control flies held at normal temperature. These results support the view that the relationship between RLO and susceptibility is quantitative – teneral flies with heavier RLO infections being more susceptible to trypanosome infection.

Keywords

trypanosomiasistsetserickettsia-like organisms
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 102 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 201 - 206
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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