Alikhanov Sh G
Parazitologiia. 1979 May-Jun;13(3):263-4.
Effect of microsporidiosis on the fecundity of hosts A. c. caspius was studied. The calculation of eggs in hatches has shown that females developing from infected eggs lay 2--3 times lesser eggs than non-infected ones. Besides, the number of females laying eggs decreases considerably. Despite the females of mosquitoes suck blood before each egglaying the disease, which proceeds at their larval stage, affects greatly their fecundity. Additional feeding of females cannot compensate completely the disturbances caused by microsporidiosis.
研究了微孢子虫病对宿主里海按蚊繁殖力的影响。对孵化中的卵进行计算表明,由受感染卵发育而来的雌蚊产卵量比未受感染的雌蚊少2至3倍。此外,产卵雌蚊的数量大幅减少。尽管雌蚊在每次产卵前都会吸血,但在幼虫阶段感染的疾病对其繁殖力有很大影响。对雌蚊额外喂食并不能完全弥补微孢子虫病造成的干扰。