dc.creatorCorrêa, Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos
dc.creatorLanfredi, Reinalda Marisa
dc.creatorPimenta, Paulo Filemon Paolucci
dc.date2013-12-18T18:00:37Z
dc.date2013-12-18T18:00:37Z
dc.date2006
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T20:38:30Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T20:38:30Z
dc.identifierCORRÊA, Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos. The invasion of the midgut of the mosquito Culex(Culex) quinquefasciatusSay, 1823 by the helminth Litomosoides chagasWlhoi Moraes Neto, Lanfredi and De Souza, 1997. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology.2006; 93(1):1-10.
dc.identifier0022-2011
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/7284
dc.identifier10.1016/j.jip.2006.05.002
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8861160
dc.descriptionThe Litomosoides chagasWlhoi helminth was studied as a model for microfilaria invasion of the midgut of Culex quinquefasciatusmos-quito, vector of Wuchereria bancroftihelminth, causative agent of the human Wlariasis. Histology and transmission and scanning electron microscopy were utilized to show the topography of mosquito midgut invasion by the helminth. An analysis of midguts dissected at difereent time points after a blood meal demonstrated that the microfilariae interacted and crossed the peritrophic matrix and the midgut epi-thelium of C. quinquefasciatus. The microfilariae invaded preferentially the mosquito abdominal midgut and the invasion process occurred between 2 and 3 h after the blood feeding. In some cases, microfilariae caused an opening in the midgut that separated the epi-thelial cells, while in others cases, the worms caused the detachment of cells from the epithelium. Ultimately, L. chagasWlhoi crossing activity appeared to damage the midgut. It was also observed that the microfilariae lost their sheaths during their passage through the Wbrous material of the peritrophic matrix, before they reached the midgut epithelium. Since the exsheathment process is necessary for the conti-nuity of larvae development, it seems that the passage through the peritrophic matrix is an important step for the parasite’s life cycle. This experimental model revealed details of the interaction process of helminthes within the vector midgut, contributing to the knowledge of factors involved in the vector competence of C. quinquefasciatusas a vector of Wlariasis.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier Inc.
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectVector interaction
dc.subjectMicrofilariae
dc.subjectCulex quinquefasciatus
dc.subjectLitosomoides chagasWlhoi
dc.subjectPeritrophic matrix
dc.subjectMidgut invasion
dc.subjectExsheathmen
dc.titleThe invasion of the midgut of the mosquito Culex(Culex) quinquefasciatusSay, 1823 by the helminth Litomosoides chagasWlhoi Moraes Neto, Lanfredi and De Souza, 1997
dc.typeArticle


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