First blood-meal record of Simulium asakoae (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Malaysia, with notes on its distribution in Asia and status as a potential vector.

Autor:	Izwan-Anas N; Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), 50603, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Ya'cob Z; Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), 50603, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Low VL; Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), 50603, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Lourdes EY; Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), 50603, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Teoh BT; Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), 50603, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Mansor MS; Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia., Ramli R; Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., Pramual P; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahasarakham University, Kantharawichai District, Maha Sarakham 44150, Thailand., Adler PH; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, 29634, USA., Takaoka H; Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), 50603, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia., AbuBakar S; Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Tropical Infectious Diseases Research & Education Centre (TIDREC), 50603, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Tropical biomedicine [Trop Biomed] 2024 Sep 01; Vol. 41 (3), pp. 251-256.
DOI:	10.47665/tb.41.3.003
Abstrakt:	Simulium asakoae Takaoka and Davies has been confirmed to bite humans and has been incriminated as a vector of blood protozoan parasites of the genera Leucocytozoon and Trypanosoma, as well as an unknown filarial parasite in Thailand. However, its attraction to humans has remained uninvestigated in Malaysia. Recently, 27 black flies were collected in Pahang, Malaysia, of which 25 were captured in CO 2 -baited Malaise traps and two were collected from humans during trapping activity. All specimens were morphologically identified as S. asakoae. Cytochrome c oxidase I sequences of the two specimens caught on humans showed 100% similarity with those of S. asakoae in the NCBI GenBank, confirming their morphological identity. Blood-meal analysis using a HAL·HAR TM kit did not show the presence of domestic or wild animal DNA. However, human DNA was amplified from one engorged fly in the cytochrome b gene amplification assay, providing the first evidence of blood-feeding by S. asakoae in Malaysia.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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