Molecular Detection of Trypanosoma (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Will K. Reeves; Peter H. Adler; Osmo Rätti; Björn Malmqvist; Darius Strasevicius

doi:10.1654/4243.1

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Will K. Reeves,^1,* Peter H. Adler,² Osmo Rätti,³ Björn Malmqvist,⁴ Darius Strasevicius⁴

¹a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road Northeast, MS G-13, Atlanta, Georgia
²b Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University, 114 Long Hall, Clemson, S
³c Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, FIN-96101, Rovaniemi, Finland,
⁴d Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, SE-90187, Umeå, Sweden

^* Corresponding author. Current address: 4757 Habersham Ridge, Lilburn, Georgia 30047

Abstract

Black flies transmit bacteria, nematodes, protozoa, and viruses to birds and mammals, but are poorly studied as vectors of these agents, relative to other biting flies. Using the polymerase chain reaction, we screened 133 wild-caught female black flies of 18 species for Coxiella burnetii, Leucocytozoon spp., Trypanosoma spp., and Wolbachia spp. of filarial nematodes. We detected DNA of Trypanosoma avium in Metacnephia lyra and Simulium vernum from Finland. Further research is needed to determine the vectorial capacity of M. lyra and S. vernum in the transmission of T. avium to birds. We did not detect DNA of other agents.

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Will K. Reeves, Peter H. Adler, Osmo Rätti, Björn Malmqvist, and Darius Strasevicius "Molecular Detection of Trypanosoma (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)," Comparative Parasitology 74(1), 171-175, (1 January 2007). https://doi.org/10.1654/4243.1

Published: 1 January 2007

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black fly

Coxiella burnetii

Diptera

Finland

Kinetoplastida

Metacnephia lyra

Simuliidae

Simulium vernum

Trypanosoma avium

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