ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES ON THE REPRODUCTIVE-SYSTEM OF MALE AEDES-AEGYPTI (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) INFECTED WITH DENGUE 2 VIRUS

Authors
TU WC CHEN CC HOU RF
Citation
Wc. Tu et al., ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES ON THE REPRODUCTIVE-SYSTEM OF MALE AEDES-AEGYPTI (DIPTERA, CULICIDAE) INFECTED WITH DENGUE 2 VIRUS, Journal of medical entomology, 35(1), 1998, pp. 71-76
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,"Veterinary Sciences",Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
71 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1998)35:1<71:USOTRO>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Dengue 2 virus was found by transmission electron microscopy to be pre sent in the reproductive tissues of male Aedes aegypti (L.) 14 d after intrathoracic inoculation. Dengue 2 particles were detected in the ma trix, epithelial cells, and the peripheral fat body of the testes; sec retory droplets of columnar cells of the accessory glands; and the epi thelial and muscle cells of the seminal vesicles. However, none was fo und in the germ cells (i.e., spermatogonia, spermatocytes, spermatid, or spermatozoa). These observations indicate that fluid transfer maybe the mechanism of venereal transmission of dengue 2 virus by Ae. aegyp ti.