Morphological Features of Trypanosomes from Squirrel Monkeys from the Brazilian Amazon

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Mariangela Ziccardi²  Ricardo Lourenço-de-oliveira¹ 

[1] ,Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

关键词: Trypanosoma rangeli;    Trypanosoma saimirii;    Trypanosoma minasense;    trypanosomes measurements;    trypanosomatid flagellates;    neotropical primates;    culture;    xenodiagnosis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761998000100010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A morphometric analysis of blood trypomastigotes identified as Trypanosoma minasense, T. saimirii, and T. rangeli harbored by squirrel monkeys from the Brazilian Amazon was performed. Additionally, morphological and biological comparative analyses were conducted of T. saimirii-like and T. rangeli development forms from haemoculture and xenodiagnosis. Illustrations are given of blood trypomastigotes as well as of developing flagellates in triatomine and axenic culture. Mean values of blood trypomastigotes of T. saimirii differ statistically from those of T. rangeli in only two out of ten morphological characters measured, and ranges overlapped. The developing forms of T. saimrii-like parasites were essentially identical in both xenodiagnosis and haemoculture to those of T. rangeli. Trypanosomes confirmed as T. rangeli were transmitted to mice by the bites of the great majority of triatomines that fed on T. saimirii-like infected monkeys. We conclude that, based on morphology and on the development in triatomine bugs and haemoculture, T. saimirii should not be considered a distinct species. We therefore propose T. saimirii to be a junior synonym of T. rangeli

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