Jansen A M, Carreira J C, Deane M P
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Protozoologia, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1988 Jul-Sep;83(3):271-2. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761988000300001.
Monogenetic insect trypanosomatids of the genera Crithidia, Leptomonas and Herpetomonas, multiplied as in axenic cultures, for many months, in the lumen of the scent glands of the opossum Didelphis marsupialis. Specific antibodies were detected in the serum of the animals but there was no evidence of invasion of their tissues by the parasites.
克氏锥虫属、细滴虫属和蛇滴虫属的单基因昆虫锥虫,在有袋动物负鼠的气味腺腔内,如同在无共生体培养中一样繁殖了许多个月。在这些动物的血清中检测到了特异性抗体,但没有证据表明寄生虫侵入了它们的组织。