Bacillus sphaericus interferes with the development of Brugia malayi in Aedes aegypti

Authors
Mahapatra, N Hazra, RK Rup, S Acharya, AS Dash, AP
Citation
N. Mahapatra et al., Bacillus sphaericus interferes with the development of Brugia malayi in Aedes aegypti, J HELMINTH, 73(3), 1999, pp. 279-280
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Animal Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY
ISSN journal
0022149X → ACNP
Volume
73
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
279 - 280
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-149X(199909)73:3<279:BSIWTD>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Aedes aegypti (black-eyed Liverpool strain) were exposed to a sublethal dos e (LD25) of Bacillus sphaericus and were fed to Mastomys coucha infected wi th Brugia malayi. The development of the filarial parasite was found to be arrested mostly at the second larval stage. The infection (P < 0.05), infec tivity rates (P < 0.001) and LS load (P < 0.001) were found to be reduced s ignificantly in the treated group.