Induction of Skin Papillomas in the Rabbit, Oryctologus Cuniculus, by Bites of a Blood-sucking Insect, Cimex Lectularius, Irradiated by Gamma Rays

Bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, irradiated with gamma rays were allowed to suck blood from shaved areas of the skin of rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, 2 times/week for 5 months and then once weekly for another 5 months. This significantly induced the formation of skin papillomas and sweat gland hyperpl...

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Published inJournal of investigative dermatology Vol. 93; no. 5; pp. 630 - 632
Main Authors El-Mofty, Mohamed M., Sakr, Saber A., Younis, Mohamed W.F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Danvers, MA Elsevier Inc 01.11.1989
Nature Publishing
Subjects
560152 - Radiation Effects on Animals- Animals
ANIMALS
ARTHROPODS
Bedbugs - pathogenicity
Bedbugs - radiation effects
Biological and medical sciences
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BODY FLUIDS
Carcinogenesis, carcinogens and anticarcinogens
DISEASES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
GAMMA RADIATION
Gamma Rays
Insect Bites and Stings
INSECTS
INVERTEBRATES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
MAMMALS
MATERIALS
Medical sciences
MICROORGANISMS
Papilloma - etiology
Papilloma - pathology
PARASITES
RABBITS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT
RADIATIONS
SALIVA
SKIN DISEASES
Skin Diseases - etiology
Skin Diseases - pathology
Tumors
VERTEBRATES
VIRUSES
Skin disease
Insecta
Blood sucking
Sting
Transmission
Rabbit
Lagomorpha
Heteroptera
Infection
Vertebrata
Mammalia
Cimex lectularius
Arthropoda
Animal
Viral disease
Papilloma
Tumor
Skin
Cimicidae
Invertebrata
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Summary:Bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, irradiated with gamma rays were allowed to suck blood from shaved areas of the skin of rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, 2 times/week for 5 months and then once weekly for another 5 months. This significantly induced the formation of skin papillomas and sweat gland hyperplasia in five out of nine experimental animals. It is speculated that the saliva of the irradiated bugs was activated by gamma rays and was responsible for the induction of skin papillomas. Because bed bugs play a significant role in the transmission of virus, it is also speculated that there is a virus in the saliva of bugs; this virus may be activated by gamma radiation and causes the development of papillomas in the skin.
ISSN:0022-202X
1523-1747
DOI:10.1111/1523-1747.ep12319755