Zillmann U, Mehlitz D
Tropenmed Parasitol. 1979 Jun;30(2):244-8.
From a natural infected chicken (Gallus gallus var. domesticus) in the Ivory Coast trypanosomes were isolated using Mastomys natalensis as recipient animal. Trypanosomes were diagnosed as belonging to the subgenus Trypanozoon from its morphology and its infectivity for rodents. The stabilated stock was able to infect a laboratory chicken. The stock proved to be human plasma subresistant and showed electrophoretic patterns of three enzymes (ALAT III, ME I, PEP III) so far only seen in pig and dog originated Trypanozoon stocks from the same region surveyed. The discovery for the first time of chicken harbouring Trypanozoon has to be considered in epizootiology and epidemiology of trypanosomiases.
在科特迪瓦,从一只自然感染的家鸡(原鸡属家鸡变种)中分离出锥虫,使用南非多乳鼠作为受体动物。根据其形态和对啮齿动物的感染性,锥虫被诊断属于锥虫亚属。稳定保存的虫株能够感染实验鸡。该虫株被证明对人血浆有部分抗性,并显示出三种酶(谷丙转氨酶III、苹果酸酶I、磷酸烯醇丙酮酸羧激酶III)的电泳图谱,迄今为止,这些图谱仅在来自同一调查地区的猪和狗源锥虫虫株中见过。首次发现携带锥虫的鸡,这在锥虫病的动物流行病学和流行病学中必须予以考虑。