S. Mihok et al., MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION OF TRYPANOSOMA SPP BY AFRICAN STOMOXYINAE (DIPTERA, MUSCIDAE), Tropical medicine and parasitology, 46(2), 1995, pp. 103-105
Ten taxa of Stomoxyinae were tested for their ability to transmit Tryp
anosoma brucei, T. vivax, T. evansi and T. congolense to mice within 3
min of interrupted feeding on highly parasitaemic blood. T. brucei wa
s the easiest parasite to transmit with an 1-1.5% success rate, follow
ed by T. vivax at 3.4%, and T. evansi at 0.9%. T. congolense was not t
ransmitted in 129 attempts. Stomoxys niger sspp, and four unstudied sp
ecies (S. varipes, S. taeniatus, S. pallidus, Haematobosca squalida) w
ere capable of transmitting trypanosomes mechanically.