Vector compatibility of Phlebotomus papatasi dependent on differentially induced digestion

Y. Schlein, A. Warburg, L. F. Schnur, J. Shlomai

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Abstract

Infection with Leishmania tropica, a strain specific to the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi, was inhibited in sandflies fed on turkey blood. Reduction of the parasite number was correlated with the digestive process. A relatively high DNAase level was induced in the gut of the sandfly by the nucleated turkey erythrocytes. This is the first record of vector-pathogen incompatibility, thus induced, and of differentially triggered digestive processes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)65-70
Number of pages6
JournalActa Tropica
Volume40
Issue number1
StatePublished - 1983

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