TRYPANOSOMA-CRUZI IN WILD RACCOONS, OPOSSUMS, AND TRIATOMINE BUGS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA, USA

被引：55

作者：

PUNG, OJ ^{[1
]}

BANKS, CW ^{[1
]}

JONES, DN ^{[1
]}

KRISSINGER, MW ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] GEORGIA SO UNIV,INST ARTHROPODOL & PARASITOL,STATESBORO,GA 30460

来源：

JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY | 1995年 / 81卷 / 02期

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D O I：

10.2307/3283947

中图分类号：

R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;

摘要：

The prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among wild opossums and raccoons live-trapped in 6 southeast Georgia counties was determined. Epimastigotes typical of T. cruzi were observed in liver infusion tryptose medium cultures of blood from 6 of 39 opossums (15.4%) and 12 of 54 raccoons (22.2%). Trypomastigotes (6,000/ml) were observed in a wet mount of blood from 1 of the animals, a raccoon trapped on St. Catherines Island in Liberty County. In addition, T. cruzi parasites were observed in the gut contents of 3 of 5 specimens of the triatomine bug Triatoma sanguisuga (Leconte) collected near human dwellings in Bulloch County. This is the first report of T. cruzi-infected triatomine bugs in Georgia.

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页码：324 / 326

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