Ultrastructural evidence for trans-ovum transmission of the DNA virus of tsetse, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae)

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Current Microbiology

Name of Author

Walter G.Z.O. Jura, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
Leonard H. Otieno, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
Mathayo M.B. Chimtawi, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi

Publication Date

1-1-1989

Abstract

The occurrence of vertical transmission of the DNA virus of tsetse was studied in virus-infected, female Glossina pallidipes with hypertrophied salivary glands (HSG). Ultrastructural examination of tissue components of ovaries of these females revealed virus particles within both germ cell cystocyte clusters and in the follicles, sparsely distributed within nurse cells and in the oocyte cytoplasm. The presence of the virus particles within the ooplasm demonstrates the ovum as a vehicle through which the G. pallidipes virus is disseminated in nature. © 1989 Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Recommended Citation

Jura, W., Otieno, L., & Chimtawi, M. (1989). Ultrastructural evidence for trans-ovum transmission of the DNA virus of tsetse, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae). Current Microbiology, 18 (1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01568821