Suppression of cyclical development of Trypanosoma brucei brucei in Glossina morsitans centralis by an anti-procyclics monoclonal antibody. 1988

V M Nantulya, and S K Moloo
International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya.

Five hundred and sixty teneral male Glossina morsitans centralis were fed, at the height of parasitaemia, on a goat infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Thereafter, the tsetse were divided into 4 equal groups. Group I was fed in vitro once weekly for 4 weeks and Group II twice weekly for 4 weeks on fresh defibrinated ox blood containing 2 mg/ml purified monoclonal antibody against T. b. brucei procyclics, while Group III was fed twice a week for 4 weeks on blood containing 2 mg/ml anti-T. vivax monoclonal antibody. The last group was fed on a rabbit. The tsetse were dissected on day 31 and the percent salivary gland infection rates observed were 18.2, 18.6, 39.8 and 40.8, respectively. In another experiment, 2 groups of tsetse, 120 per group, were fed on fresh defibrinated ox blood containing 2 mg/ml anti-T. b. brucei (test group) or anti-T. vivax (control group), on days 3, 6 and 9 following the infected feed. Dissection of the tsetse on day 31 revealed salivary gland infection rates of 0% in the test group and 6.5% in the control group. Thus the monoclonal antibody had a marked, specific suppression of the cyclical development of T. b. brucei in the tsetse vector.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002417 Cattle Domesticated bovine animals of the genus Bos, usually kept on a farm or ranch and used for the production of meat or dairy products or for heavy labor. Beef Cow,Bos grunniens,Bos indicus,Bos indicus Cattle,Bos taurus,Cow,Cow, Domestic,Dairy Cow,Holstein Cow,Indicine Cattle,Taurine Cattle,Taurus Cattle,Yak,Zebu,Beef Cows,Bos indicus Cattles,Cattle, Bos indicus,Cattle, Indicine,Cattle, Taurine,Cattle, Taurus,Cattles, Bos indicus,Cattles, Indicine,Cattles, Taurine,Cattles, Taurus,Cow, Beef,Cow, Dairy,Cow, Holstein,Cows,Dairy Cows,Domestic Cow,Domestic Cows,Indicine Cattles,Taurine Cattles,Taurus Cattles,Yaks,Zebus
D006041 Goats Any of numerous agile, hollow-horned RUMINANTS of the genus Capra, in the family Bovidae, closely related to the SHEEP. Capra,Capras,Goat
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000911 Antibodies, Monoclonal Antibodies produced by a single clone of cells. Monoclonal Antibodies,Monoclonal Antibody,Antibody, Monoclonal
D014346 Trypanosoma brucei brucei A hemoflagellate subspecies of parasitic protozoa that causes nagana in domestic and game animals in Africa. It apparently does not infect humans. It is transmitted by bites of tsetse flies (Glossina). Trypanosoma brucei,Trypanosoma brucei bruceus,Trypanosoma bruceus,brucei brucei, Trypanosoma,brucei, Trypanosoma brucei,bruceus, Trypanosoma,bruceus, Trypanosoma brucei
D014370 Tsetse Flies Bloodsucking flies of the genus Glossina, found primarily in equatorial Africa. Several species are intermediate hosts of trypanosomes. Glossina,Flies, Tsetse,Fly, Tsetse,Glossinas,Tsetse Fly

Related Publications

V M Nantulya, and S K Moloo
January 1972, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
V M Nantulya, and S K Moloo
August 1989, Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology,
V M Nantulya, and S K Moloo
January 1985, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
V M Nantulya, and S K Moloo
July 1997, Medical and veterinary entomology,
Copied contents to your clipboard!