ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRYPANOSOMA-CONGOLENSE IN GLOSSINA-MORSITANS-MORSITANS
ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRYPANOSOMA-CONGOLENSE IN GLOSSINA-MORSITANS-MORSITANS
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10.1111/j.1550-7408.1979.tb04195.x
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1979-01-01
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STAMFORD, S
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EVANS, DA;ELLIS, DS;STAMFORD, S
The course of T. congolense [ruminant parasite] infections in G. morsitans morsitans was followed by EM examination of ultrathin sections of the guts and proboscises of infected flies. Guts dissected from flies 7 days after infection with culture procyclic forms of T. congolense had heavy trypanosome infections in the midgut involving both the endo- and ectoperitrophic spaces. Trypanosomes were also seen in the process of penetrating the fully formed peritrophic membrane in the central region of the midgut. By 21 days postinfection [p.i.], trypanosomes had reached the proboscis of the fly and were found as clumps of epimastigote forms attached to the labrum by hemidesmosomes between their flagella and the chitinous lining of the food canal. Desmosome connections were observed between the flagella of adjacent epimastigotes. Flies examined at 28 and 42 days p.i. had, in addition to the attached forms in the labrum, free forms in the hypopharynx.