Titre du document / Document title

Reservoir competence of white-footed mice for Babesia microti

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

TELFORD S. R. ; SPIELMAN A. ;

Affiliation(s) du ou des auteurs / Author(s) Affiliation(s)

Harvard school public health, dep. tropical public health, Boston MA 02115, ETATS-UNIS

Résumé / Abstract

Although the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque, has been incriminated as the main reservoir of the agent of human babesiosis, Babesia microti Franca, a quantitative demonstration of reservoir competence has not been presented. Mice captured within an intensely zoonotic site served as host for laboratory-reared larval Ixodes dammini Spielman, Clifford, Piesman, and Corwin, and the resulting nymphal ticks were assayed for evidence of salivary gland infection by the piroplasm. Solely 25% of the mice were patently parasitemic on thin blood smears, but virtually all mice infected ticks with B. microti

Revue / Journal Title

Journal of medical entomology   ISSN 0022-2585   CODEN JMENA6 

Source / Source

1993, vol. 30, n^o1, pp. 223-227 (21 ref.)

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD, ETATS-UNIS  (1964) (Revue)

Mots-clés anglais / English Keywords

Host ; Reservoir ; Infection ; Human ; Vector ; Babesiasis ; Babesia microti ; Ixodes dammini ; Protozoal disease ; Sporozoa ; Protozoa ; Ixodidae ; Ixodida ; Parasitiformes ; Acari ; Arachnida ; Arthropoda ; Invertebrata ; Peromyscus leucopus ; Rodentia ; Mammalia ; Vertebrata ;

Mots-clés français / French Keywords

Hôte ; Réservoir ; Infection ; Homme ; Vecteur ; Babésiose ; Babesia microti ; Ixodes dammini ; Protozoose ; Sporozoa ; Protozoa ; Ixodidae ; Ixodida ; Parasitiformes ; Acari ; Arachnida ; Arthropoda ; Invertebrata ; Peromyscus leucopus ; Rodentia ; Mammalia ; Vertebrata ;

Mots-clés espagnols / Spanish Keywords

Huesped ; Depósito ; Infección ; Hombre ; Vector ; Babesiosis ; Babesia microti ; Ixodes dammini ; Protozoosis ; Sporozoa ; Protozoa ; Ixodidae ; Ixodida ; Parasitiformes ; Acari ; Arachnida ; Arthropoda ; Invertebrata ; Peromyscus leucopus ; Rodentia ; Mammalia ; Vertebrata ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 11536, 35400003852200.0260