Halos Lénaïg, Jamal Taoufik, Maillard Renaud, Girard Benjamin, Guillot Jacques, Chomel Bruno, Vayssier-Taussat Muriel, Boulouis Henri-Jean
UMR 956 INRA/AFSSA/ENVA/UPVM, Microbiologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, 7 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94 704 Maisons-Alfort, France.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Oct;70(10):6302-5. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.10.6302-6305.2004.
The putative role of biting flies in Bartonella transmission among ruminants was investigated. Amplification of the Bartonella citrate synthase gene from 83 Hippoboscidae was detected in 94% of 48 adult Lipoptena cervi flies, 71% of 17 adult Hippobosca equina flies, 100% of 20 adult Melophagus ovinus flies, and 100% of 10 M. ovinus pupae. Our findings suggest that Hippoboscidae play a role in the transmission of Bartonella among ruminants. The vertical transmission of Bartonella in M. ovinus and the presence of Bartonella DNA in all samples suggest a symbiotic association between Bartonella and M. ovinus.
研究了吸血蝇在反刍动物间巴尔通体传播中的假定作用。从83只虱蝇科昆虫中扩增巴尔通体柠檬酸合酶基因,结果在48只成年鹿蜱蝇中的94%、17只成年马蝇中的71%、20只成年羊蜱蝇中的100%以及10只羊蜱蝇蛹中的100%检测到该基因。我们的研究结果表明,虱蝇科在反刍动物间巴尔通体的传播中起作用。巴尔通体在羊蜱蝇中的垂直传播以及所有样本中均存在巴尔通体DNA,提示巴尔通体与羊蜱蝇之间存在共生关系。