INVESTIGATION OF TRANSOVARIAL TRANSMISSION OF RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII IN WOOD TICK, DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI
INVESTIGATION OF TRANSOVARIAL TRANSMISSION OF RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII IN WOOD TICK, DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4894(63)90019-5
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
BURGDORFER, W
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作者:
BURGDORFER, W
In a quantitative study of transovarial passage of Rickettsia rickettsii to the progeny of experimentally and naturally infected wood ticks, Dermacentor andersoni, it was found that all infected female ticks tested passed rickettsiae via eggs to almost 100% of their offspring. Infection was retained throughout the filial generation and was again transmitted by all F1 females tested to 100% of their progeny. Examination of fluorescent-antibody stained sections of ovarian tissues of infected female ticks revealed the presence of rickettsiae in every ovum; organisms were regularly found in the cytoplasm but never in the nuclei of developing eggs. During the study, inactivity of the strains of R. rickettsii re-mained unchanged, as indicated by inoculation of tick eggs into chick embryos and by feeding of ticks on guinea pigs.