| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Authors: | J. B. Davies, Basanez, M. G., Frontado, H., Villamizar, N., Raybould, J. N., Petralanda, I. |
| Journal: | Medical and Veterinary Entomology |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Pagination: | 321-331 |
| Date Published: | September |
| Type of Article: | Article |
| ISBN Number: | 0269-283X |
| Keywords: | [Enzymes / / Isoenzyme variation, / Simulium (Diptera)] [Venezuela / / Dipteran vector species, Biochemistry, Evolution, Helminth parasites, Hosts, identification, identification]., Insect hosts, isoenzyme variation relationships] [Diagnostic techniques / / ], isoenzyme variation relationships] [Transmission by /, Land zones, metallicum, nematode disease vector diagnosis, nematode disease vector diagnosis relations, Nematode disease vectors identification]., Neotropical region, Onchocerca volvulus, Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda): [Parasite]., Onchocerca volvulus [Dipteran hosts / / Simulium, Parasites, parasites / / Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda)] [Venezuela / /, Parasites diseases and disorders, Pathological techniques, Proteins, relations] [Biochemical variation / / ] [Nematode parasites / /, Simulium, Simulium (Simuliidae): [Host]., Simulium [Identification techniques / / Nematode disease vectors, Simulium exiguum, Simulium exiguum (Simuliidae)., Simulium guianense, Simulium guianense (Simuliidae)., Simulium incrustatum, Simulium incrustatum (Simuliidae)., Simulium metallicum (Simuliidae)., Simulium oyapockense (Simuliidae)., Simulium oyapockense [Enzymes / / Isoenzyme variation, South America, Techniques, Transmission, Variation, Vector species, Vector species identification] [Transmission of, Venezuela]. |
| Abstract: | Phosphoglucomutase (PGM) and trehalase (Tre) isoenzymes of five species of Simulium blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae), vectors of onchocerciasis in Venezuela, were investigated by means of a portable electrophoresis field kit. Tre differed between S. incrustatum and S. oyapockense s.l. Electrophoretic variation of Tre in other members of the S. amazonicum and S. incrustatum groups merit further investigation. PGM appears to be more useful for separating populations within species complexes. Multiple populations and/or seasonal changes in population structure of S. guianense s.l., S. exiguum s.l. and S. metallicum s.l. were inferred from elecrophoretic variation of PGM.
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