Isolation of leishmanial parasites from a wild caught Anopheles gambiae mosquito in Kenya

A total of 232 mosquitoes were collected and dissected for leishmanial parasites in the Baringo District, Kenya. Anopheles gambiae sensu lato comprised 90.9% of the sample. One female A. gambiae was found to be infected with leishmanial promastigotes. The parasites when injected into Balb C mice cau...

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Published inInternational journal for parasitology Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 931 - 934
Main Authors Mutero, C.M., Mutinga, M.J., Musyoki, R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.12.1989
Subjects
amastigotes
Animals
Anopheles
Anopheles - parasitology
Anopheles arabiensis
Anopheles gambiae
Baringo
Culicidae
Diptera
disease transmission
Female
hosts
Insect Vectors - parasitology
Kenya
Leishmania
Leishmania - isolation & purification
Leishmania major
leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis - transmission
Mice
Mice, Inbred BALB C
mosquitoes
promastigotes
Kenya
mosquitoes
promastigotes
Anopheles gambiae
Anopheles arabiensis
amastigotes
Baringo
leishmaniasis
Kenya
Leishmania major
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Summary:A total of 232 mosquitoes were collected and dissected for leishmanial parasites in the Baringo District, Kenya. Anopheles gambiae sensu lato comprised 90.9% of the sample. One female A. gambiae was found to be infected with leishmanial promastigotes. The parasites when injected into Balb C mice caused skin lesions characterized by heavy amastigote infections. The average size of the parasite was: body length, 11.7 ± 0.19 μm; width, 1.3 ± 0.04 μm; flagellum length, 15.5 ± 0.28 μm.
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ISSN:0020-7519
1879-0135
DOI:10.1016/0020-7519(89)90121-5