Wenk P, Raybould J N
Bull World Health Organ. 1972;47(5):627-34.
The development of suitable techniques for colonizing the vectors of human onchocerciasis in the laboratory would facilitate critical studies on many aspects of their biology. Progress towards this end, however, has until now been prevented by the fact that no African simuliid had been induced to mate in captivity. The main vector of human onchocerciasis in Africa is Simulium damnosum, which exists in a number of different forms, some but not all of which bite man. During the present investigations one form of S. damnosum, the "Kibwezi" form, was successfully induced to mate, to blood-feed, and to lay viable eggs in the laboratory. The methods described should be tested on other forms of S. damnosum, especially the anthropophilic forms responsible for the transmission of Onchocerca volvulus.
开发适用于在实验室中培育人类盘尾丝虫病病媒的技术，将有助于对其生物学诸多方面进行关键研究。然而，迄今为止，由于尚未有非洲蚋在圈养条件下被诱导交配，这一目标的进展受到了阻碍。非洲人类盘尾丝虫病的主要病媒是恶蚋，它有多种不同形态，其中一些（但并非全部）会叮咬人类。在目前的研究中，恶蚋的一种形态“基贝齐”形态在实验室中成功被诱导交配、吸血并产下 viable 卵。所描述的方法应在恶蚋的其他形态上进行测试，尤其是负责传播盘尾丝虫的嗜人形态。
