Protistology • 15 (2), 88–95 (2021) |
Experimental infection of the fly Calliphora vicina with the trypanosomatid Angomonas deanei and cross-infection between different calliphorid species |
Anna I. Ganyukova, Marina N. Malysheva and Alexander O. Frolov Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg 194064, Russia | Submitted April 4, 2021 | Accepted May 21, 2021 | Summary In this study, we present the results of an experimental infection of larvae and imagoes of the fly Calliphora vicina with the trypanosomatids Angomonas deanei from two laboratory cultures (A. deanei MN and A. deanei TCC036E). In accordance with our results, the rectum of an adult fly is the main site of the parasites localization where they form massive clusters, while no persistent infection develops in the intestines of the larvae. Horizontal transmission between imagoes of C. vicina was demonstrated in both cases of the infection: with A. deanei MN and A. deanei TCC036E. In a series of experiments on the transmission of A. deanei MN between three species of flies (Calliphora vicina, Lucilia sericata, and Protophormia terraenovae), we demonstrated successful infection between the flies of different species.
Key words: Trypanosomatidae, symbiont-harboring trypanosomatids, Angomonas deanei, parasites of Diptera, host-parasite relationships
Address for correspondence: Anna Ganyukova. Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia; e-mail: anna.ganyukova@gmail.com |
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