Vector competence of Culex quinquefasciatus say from different regions of Brazil to Dirofilaria immitis

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Silvia Maria Mendes Ahid²  Pádua Suely Da Silva Vasconcelos²  Ricardo Lourenço-de-oliveira¹ 

[1],Universidade Estadual do Maranhão Departamento de Patologia São Luís MA ,Brasil

关键词: Dirofilaria immitis;    Culex quinquefasciatus;    mosquito;    vector competence;    Culicidae;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762000000600004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The vector competence of Culex quinquefasciatus from five localities in Brazil to Dirofilaria immitis was evaluated experimentally. Females from each locality were fed on an infected dog (~ 6 microfilariae/µl blood). A sample of blood fed mosquitoes were dissected approximately 1 h after blood meal. These results demonstrated that all had ingested microfilariae (mean, 4.8 to 24.6 microfilariae/mosquito). Fifteen days after the infected blood meal, the infection and infective rates were low in all populations of Cx. quinquefasciatus. The mean number of infective larvae detected in the head and proboscis of these mosquitoes was 1-1.5. The vector efficiency, the number of microfilariae ingested/number of infective larvae, was low for all populations of Cx. quinquefasciatus. However, the survival rate for all populations was high (range 50-75%). The survival rate of Aedes aegypti assayed simultaneously for comparison was low (24.7%), while the vector efficiency was much higher than for Cx. quinquefasciatus. These data suggest that the vector competence of all assayed populations of Cx. quinquefasciatus to D. immitis in Brazil is similar and that this species is a secondary vector due to its low susceptibility. Nevertheless, vector capacity may vary between populations due to differences in biting frequency on dogs that has been reported in Brazil.

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