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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 65-70 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Acta Tropica |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - 1983 |