CONTROL OF TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI-BRUCEI INFECTIONS IN TSETSE, GLOSSINA-MORSITANS

Authors
WELBURN SC MAUDLIN I
Citation
Sc. Welburn et I. Maudlin, CONTROL OF TRYPANOSOMA-BRUCEI-BRUCEI INFECTIONS IN TSETSE, GLOSSINA-MORSITANS, Medical and veterinary entomology, 11(3), 1997, pp. 286-289
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Medical and veterinary entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0269283X
Volume
11
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
286 - 289
Database
ISI
SICI code
0269-283X(1997)11:3<286:COTIIT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Numbers of immature Trypanosoma brucei brucei within a tsetse midgut r emain remarkably constant after establishment throughout the course of an infection, irrespective of whether the infection eventually mature s. These results suggest a system of self regulation of the parasite p opulation in the insect gut based on a form of programmed cell death w hich would carry advantages for both the parasite and the vector.