Variability among Tunisian populations of Culex pipiens: genetic structure and susceptibility to a filarial parasite, Brugia pahangi
Autor: | Ghazi Krida, Ali Bouattour, Anna-Bella Failloux, François Rodhain |
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Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire d'Entomologie Médicale [Tunis, Tunisie], Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Ecologie des Systèmes Vectoriels, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Institut Pasteur [Paris] |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 1997 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Genetic Structure 01 natural sciences Brugia pahangi 0302 clinical medicine Parasite hosting MESH: Animals MESH: Genetic Variation Genetics education.field_of_study biology General Medicine 3. Good health Filariasis Isoenzymes Culex Infectious Diseases Experimental Infection Genetic structure [SDV.MP.VIR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Virology MESH: Isoenzymes MESH: Tunisia Tunisia 030231 tropical medicine Population MESH: Culex MESH: Insect Vectors 010603 evolutionary biology MESH: Host-Parasite Interactions Host-Parasite Interactions 03 medical and health sciences parasitic diseases Culex pipiens Genetic variation MESH: Polymorphism Genetic Animals Genetic variability education Homogeneous Population Polymorphism Genetic General Veterinary fungi Genetic Variation MESH: Brugia pahangi biology.organism_classification Insect Vectors Insect Science Vector (epidemiology) Parasitology |
Zdroj: | Parasitology Research Parasitology Research, 1997, 84 (2), pp.139-42. ⟨10.1007/s004360050371⟩ Parasitology Research, Springer Verlag (Germany), 1997, 84 (2), pp.139-42. ⟨10.1007/s004360050371⟩ |
ISSN: | 0932-0113 1432-1955 |
Popis: | International audience; Culex pipiens pipiens is a common mosquito found in North Africa and is the primary vector of Bancroftian filariasis in Egypt. Experimental infections with C. p. pipiens have demonstrated that this species supports Brugia pahangi development (parasitic yield 6.3%). In addition, the genetic variation among C. p. pipiens populations from Ben Arrous (in the suburb of Tunis) estimated from isoenzyme polymorphism of five neutral genes (Pgm, Gpi, Hk1, Got-1, and Got-2) was slight (Fst = +0.083). C. p. pipiens from Tunis seems to consist of a homogeneous population that is susceptible to Brugia infection. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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