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Establishment of a Colony of Phlebotomus argentipes under Laboratory Conditions and Morphometric Variation between Wild-Caught and Laboratory-Reared Populations
Joint Authors
Gunathilaka, Nayana
Wijerathna, Tharaka
Gunawardena, Kithsiri
Source
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-03-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The field-based studies on sand flies are not adequate to uncover information required for the control of the leishmaniasis through reduction of vector populations.
Therefore, establishment and maintenance of laboratory colonies of sand flies is an essential step in leishmaniasis research.
In the current study, a colony of P.
argentipes was established from wild-caught sand flies following standard procedures from the published literature.
Morphological measurements of laboratory-reared and wild-caught individual sand flies were compared to assess the difference between two groups.
The colony was successfully established under confined laboratory conditions.
The comparison of morphometric parameters revealed that the laboratory-reared sand flies are significantly larger than those caught from wild, suggesting a possibility of increased fitness of sand flies under favorable environmental conditions which may cause higher prevalence in the disease.
The current study reports the first successful attempt in colonizing sand flies under laboratory conditions.
However, the colony data suggest that the conditions extracted from the published literature need to be optimized to suit local settings in order to achieve maximum population sizes within the available amount of resources.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Wijerathna, Tharaka& Gunathilaka, Nayana& Gunawardena, Kithsiri. 2020. Establishment of a Colony of Phlebotomus argentipes under Laboratory Conditions and Morphometric Variation between Wild-Caught and Laboratory-Reared Populations. Journal of Tropical Medicine،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1191333
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Wijerathna, Tharaka…[et al.]. Establishment of a Colony of Phlebotomus argentipes under Laboratory Conditions and Morphometric Variation between Wild-Caught and Laboratory-Reared Populations. Journal of Tropical Medicine No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1191333
American Medical Association (AMA)
Wijerathna, Tharaka& Gunathilaka, Nayana& Gunawardena, Kithsiri. Establishment of a Colony of Phlebotomus argentipes under Laboratory Conditions and Morphometric Variation between Wild-Caught and Laboratory-Reared Populations. Journal of Tropical Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1191333
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1191333