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Preliminary tests on the transmission of virus-like particles to the tsetse Glossina pallidipes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

M. O. Odindo ,
D. M. Sabwa ,
P. A. Amutalla  and
W. A. Otieno
M. O. Odindo
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Coastal Field Station, P.O. Box 80804, Mombasa, Kenya
D. M. Sabwa
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Coastal Field Station, P.O. Box 80804, Mombasa, Kenya
P. A. Amutalla
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Coastal Field Station, P.O. Box 80804, Mombasa, Kenya
W. A. Otieno
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Coastal Field Station, P.O. Box 80804, Mombasa, Kenya
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Abstract

Teneral nulliparous tsetse Glossina pallidipes were infected with virus-like particles by two pathways: haemocoelic microinjection, and oral feeding with a micropipette. Samples of tsetse were dissected every 3 days; and at 22 days post-infection, cumulative per cent infection was 44.4 and 31.3% for microinjection and per os infection, respectively. Natural virus-like particle infection in the population was 3.6%. Thus the infectious nature of virus-like particles was established, together with two possible pathways of infection.

Keywords

Virus-like particlestransmissionGlossina pallidipeshaemocoelic microinjectionoral feedinginfections
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 2 , Issue 4 , December 1981 , pp. 219 - 221
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1981

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