[The effect of iuvemon on oogenesis in female Anopheles sacharovi Favre mosquitoes and their infection with the malarial causative agent Plasmodium gallinaceum Brumpt].

Abstract

The paper provides evidence that the An. sacharovi females which do not develop mature eggs after blood-sucking on the malaria-infected donor could not be infected by the bird malaria agent P. gallinaceum. The addition of juvemon (an analogue of juvenile hormone) to glucose solution (mosquito carbohydrate diet) before blood meal stimulates the vitellogenesis of the mosquito after blood digestion, as clearly demonstrated on the female with an incomplete portion of the infected blood. This study has demonstrated that the juvemon does not exert a direct effect on mosquito susceptibility to the bird malaria agent, but it increases the number of females with mature eggs, thus promoting the increase in the percentage of the infected specimens and the number of oocysts.

• Authors: A B Zvantsov, V V Iasiukevich
• Journal: Meditsinskaia parazitologiia i parazitarnye bolezni (Med Parazitol (Mosk)) 1994 Oct-Dec Issue 4 Pg. 32-6 ISSN: 0025-8326 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Vliianie iuvemona na oogenez samok komarov Anopheles saccharovi Favre i ikh zarazhaemost' vozbuditelem maliarii Plasmodium gallinaceum Brumpt.
• PMID: 7715553 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Juvenile Hormones
• juvemon

Topics

• Animals
• Anopheles (drug effects, parasitology)
• Chickens
• Feeding Behavior
• Female
• Host-Parasite Interactions
• Juvenile Hormones (pharmacology)
• Oogenesis (drug effects)
• Plasmodium gallinaceum (pathogenicity)