Soundararajan C, Nagarajan K, Arul Prakash M
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600007 India.
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600007 India.
J Parasit Dis. 2017 Sep;41(3):655-658. doi: 10.1007/s12639-016-0861-7. Epub 2016 Nov 12.
Endemicity of onchocerciasis (river blindness) in humans is linked to the location of spp. (black fly). The distribution of immature stages of in Sholur, Pykara, Gudalur, Coonoor and Kotagiri streams of the Nilgiris hills of Tamil Nadu was investigated during the months of May and July 2012. Out of these five streams, only Sholur was infested with larval and pupal stages of spp. Out of six plants collected from various water bodies, larval and pupal stages were found on the leaves and stems of an aquatic plant and on the roots and leaves of The stages of were observed only during the summer month of May.
人类盘尾丝虫病(河盲症)的地方性流行与蚋属(黑蝇)的分布有关。2012年5月至7月期间,对泰米尔纳德邦尼尔吉里斯山的肖勒尔、皮卡拉、古达勒尔、库努尔和科塔吉里溪流中蚋属未成熟阶段的分布情况进行了调查。在这五条溪流中,只有肖勒尔溪流有蚋属的幼虫和蛹阶段。在从不同水体采集的六种植物中,在一种水生植物的叶子和茎上以及另一种植物的根和叶上发现了幼虫和蛹阶段。蚋属的这些阶段仅在夏季的5月被观察到。