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Parasitism of Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by Ascogregarina spp. (Apicomplexa: Lecudinidae) in Florida. 1995

M S Blackmore, and G A Scoles, and G B Craig
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA.

Aedes aegypti (L.) and Ae. albopictus (Skuse) from 40 sites in 17 counties of Florida were surveyed for gregarine parasites during the spring and autumn of 1993 and in July 1994. Larvae collected from containers (mainly tires) were dissected to determine the number of gregarine trophozoites present. Ascogregarina spp. were found at 70% of the sites and occurred as frequently in Ae. aegypti populations as in Ae. albopictus. Within sites, parasite distributions were highly variable and aggregated in host populations. Parasite loads ranged from 1 to 486 trophozoites per host. Mean parasite load was significantly higher in Ae. aegypti larvae (52.5 per host) than in Ae. albopictus (33.5 per host). Parasite prevalence was significantly higher in Ae. aegypti populations that were not sympatric with Ae. albopictus compared with allopatric Ae. albopictus or sympatric populations of either species. In sympatric populations, Ae. aegypti tended to have equal or higher parasite prevalence than the cohabiting Ae. albopictus. Ascogregarina taiwanensis (Lien & Levine) prevalence in Ae. albopictus was significantly higher in areas where these hosts have been present for at least 3 yr. These data contribute to the hypothesis that parasite-mediated competition may be a factor in the apparent displacement of Ae. aegypti by Ae. albopictus in Florida.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D005431 Florida State bounded on east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by the Gulf of Mexico, on the west by Alabama and on the north by Alabama and Georgia.
D006790 Host-Parasite Interactions The relationship between an invertebrate and another organism (the host), one of which lives at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically. Host-Parasite Relations,Parasite-Host Relations,Host-Parasite Relationship,Parasite-Host Interactions,Host Parasite Interactions,Host Parasite Relations,Host Parasite Relationship,Host-Parasite Interaction,Host-Parasite Relation,Host-Parasite Relationships,Interaction, Host-Parasite,Interaction, Parasite-Host,Interactions, Host-Parasite,Interactions, Parasite-Host,Parasite Host Interactions,Parasite Host Relations,Parasite-Host Interaction,Parasite-Host Relation,Relation, Host-Parasite,Relation, Parasite-Host,Relations, Host-Parasite,Relations, Parasite-Host,Relationship, Host-Parasite,Relationships, Host-Parasite
D000330 Aedes A genus of mosquitoes (CULICIDAE) frequently found in tropical and subtropical regions. YELLOW FEVER and DENGUE are two of the diseases that can be transmitted by species of this genus. Aede
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
D016782 Apicomplexa A phylum of unicellular parasitic EUKARYOTES characterized by the presence of complex apical organelles generally consisting of a conoid that aids in penetrating host cells, rhoptries that possibly secrete a proteolytic enzyme, and subpellicular microtubules that may be related to motility. Sporozoa,Sporozoea,Apicomplexas,Sporozoas,Sporozoeas

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