PATHOGENICITY OF TRYPANOSOMATIDS ON INSECTS

More and more effects of trypanosomatids on insects have been recogniz ed in the past few years. Here, Gunter A. Schaub reviews such effects, classifying the flagellates according to the intensity of the effects on the insect host into pathogenic, subpathogenic and apathogenic try panosomatids. He emphasizes that subpathogenic trypanosomatids which c ause only minor effects under optimal conditions might act synergistic ally with natural stressors, thereby being an important regulatory fac tor in insect populations.