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Ann. Parasitol. Hum. Comp.
Volume 55, Number 6, 1980
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Page(s) | 659 - 664 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1980556659 | |
Published online | 20 September 2017 |
Mémoire
Ecologie des Leishmanioses dans le Sud de la France
15. Déroulement des cycles gonotrophiques chez Phlebotomus ariasi Tonnoir, 1921 et Phlebotomus masciltii Grassi, 1908 en Cévennes. Corollaire épidémiologique
Ecology of leishmaniasis in the south of France. 15. The gonotrophic cycles in nature of Phlebotomus ariasi and P. mascittii in the Cévennes. Epidemiological significance.
1
Laboratoire d’Ecologie médicale et Pathologie parasitaire (Pr J.-A. Rioux) Faculté de Médecine, F 34000 Montpellier, France.
2
Département of Zoology and Applied Entomology, Imperial College, London, England.
3
External staff, medical research Council, London.
Accepté : 8 Août 1980
A l’aide de la technique des cicatrices de pontes, permettant le dénombrement des cycles gonotrophiques, les auteurs établissent la composition par âge des populations de Phlébotomes dans le foyer leishmanien des Cévennes. Au cours de leur période d’activité, les femelles de Phlebotomus ariasi sont capables de réaliser au moins trois cycles complets. Toutefois le pourcentage des femelles pares reste faible, jusqu’aux environs du 15 août. La fréquence relative des femelles bipares et tripares s’accroît alors pour atteindre son maximum vers le 15 septembre. On peut donc situer en fin d’été la « période à haut risque épidémiologique ».
Abstract
The number of gonotrophic cycles of phlebotomine sandflies in a leishmaniasis focus in the Cévennes was determined by the examination of the ovaries. The method was to count the number of dilatations on the ovariolar stalks which showed how many times the females had laid eggs. It was found that females of P. ariasi undergo at least three gonotrophic cycles. From mid-June at the beginning of the season, until the middle of August the proportion of parous females was low. After this time until the end of the season in mid-September, the frequence of 2 parous and 3 parous individuals steadily rose. It is concluded that the end of the summer is the period of maximum risk for the transmission of leishmaniasis in this focus.
© Masson, Paris 1980, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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