Publication Type
Journal Article
Journal Name
International Journal for Parasitology
Publication Date
1-1-1989
Abstract
A total of 232 mosquitoes were collected and dissected for leishmanial parasites in the Baringo District, Kenya. Anopheles gambiae sensu lato comprised 90.9% of the sample. One female A. gambiae was found to be infected with leishmanial promastigotes. The parasites when injected into Balb C mice caused skin lesions characterized by heavy amastigote infections. The average size of the parasite was: body length, 11.7 ± 0.19 μm; width, 1.3 ± 0.04 μm; flagellum length, 15.5 ± 0.28 μm. © 1989.
Keywords
amastigotes, Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles gambiae, Baringo, Kenya, Leishmania major, leishmaniasis, mosquitoes, promastigotes
PubMed ID
2635165
Recommended Citation
Mutero, C., Mutinga, M., & Musyoki, R. (1989). Isolation of leishmanial parasites from a wild caught Anopheles gambiae mosquito in Kenya. International Journal for Parasitology, 19 (8), 931-934. https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7519(89)90121-5