Miles M A, Patterson J W, Marsden P D, Minter D M
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1975;69(4):377-82. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(75)90192-3.
Fifth instar Rhodnius prolixus, Triatoma infestans and Panstrongylus megistus were fed on a rhesus monkey (Macaca mullatta) with a chronic infection of Peru strain Trypanosoma cruzi and examined 30 days later for the presence of trypanosomes in the rectum. No correlation could be demonstrated between either blood meal size or sex and the subsequent development of a rectal infection with T. cruzi. As T. infestans and P. megistus were more highly infected than R. prolixus in terms of both percentage infected and degree of infection, the two former species can be regarded as more suitable for the xenodiagnosis of this particular strain of T. cruzi in M. Mullatta.
用患有秘鲁株克氏锥虫慢性感染的恒河猴（猕猴）喂养五龄大的红带锥蝽、骚扰锥蝽和大长红猎蝽，并在30天后检查其直肠中是否存在锥虫。血餐量或性别与随后克氏锥虫直肠感染的发展之间均未显示出相关性。就感染百分比和感染程度而言，骚扰锥蝽和大长红猎蝽比红带锥蝽感染程度更高，因此前两个物种可被视为更适合对猕猴中这种特定克氏锥虫菌株进行活体诊断。
