Hostname: page-component-76fb5796d-qxdb6 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-28T13:06:16.934Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Bacillus sphaericus interferes with the development of Brugia malayi in Aedes aegypti

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

N. Mahapatra ,
R.K. Hazra ,
S. Rup ,
A.S Acharya  and
A.P. Dash
N. Mahapatra
Affiliation:
Regional Medical Research, Centre Bhubaneswar 751016, India
R.K. Hazra
Affiliation:
Institute Of Life Sciences, 301, Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751007, India
S. Rup
Affiliation:
Regional Medical Research, Centre Bhubaneswar 751016, India
A.S Acharya
Affiliation:
Regional Medical Research, Centre Bhubaneswar 751016, India
A.P. Dash*
Affiliation:
Institute Of Life Sciences, 301, Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar 751007, India
*
*Author for correspondence. Fax: 0674 504149 E-mail: dash_a_p@hotmail.com
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Aedes aegypti (black-eyed Liverpool strain) were exposed to a sublethal dose (LD25) of Bacillus sphaericus and were fed to Mastomys coucha infected with Brugia malayi. The development of the filarial parasite was found to be arrested mostly at the second larval stage. The infection (P< 0.05), infectivity rates (P< 0.001) and L3 load (P< 0.001) were found to be reduced significantly in the treated group.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 73 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 279 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Ewert, A. (1959) Comparative migration of microfilaria and development of Brugia pahangi in various mosquitoes. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 14, 245–259.Google Scholar
Franz, M. & Zielke, E. (1980) Scanning electron microscope study on larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti from the vector and from experimental rodent hosts. Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 31, 345–356.Google Scholar
Mohapatra, R., Ranjit, M.R. & Dash, A.P. (1996) The effect of chitin synthesis inhibitors on the development of Brugia malayi in Aedes aegypti . Journal of Helminthology 70, 269–270.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Noireau, F. & Karch, S. (1983) Receptive a Plasmodium yoelii yoelii d' Anopheles soumis a Bacillus thuringiensis serotype H14 et Bacillus sphaericus. Cahiers ORSTOM Series Entomologie Médicale et Parasitologie 21, 221–224.Google Scholar
Oda, T. & Wada, Y. (1980) Exsheathment and migration of microfilaria of Brugia malayi (Che-Ju strain) in mos-quitoes. Tropical Medicine 22, 278–295.Google Scholar
Vilarinhos, P., de Tarso Ribeiro Maruniak, J.F. & Hall, D.W. (1996) Characterization and biological activity of a Brazilian isolate of Bacillus sphaericus (Weide) highly toxic to mosquito larvae. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 91, 771–776.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Young, M.D., Undeen, H.A., Dame, D.A. & Wing, S.R. (1990) The effect of Bacillus sphaericus upon the susceptibility of Anopheles quadrimaculatus to Plasmodium berghei . Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 6, 139–145.Google ScholarPubMed