Experimental transmission of a microsporidian pathogen from mosquitoes to an alternate copepod host.
Andreadis T. Experimental transmission of a microsporidian pathogen from mosquitoes to an alternate copepod host. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1985, 82: 5574-5577. PMID: 3860877, PMCID: PMC391165, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.16.5574.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCopepod hostDistinct developmental cyclesEntire developmental sequenceDiploid conditionAlternate hostsPathogen developmentDevelopmental cycleSexual cycleMicrosporidian pathogenAmblyospora spBreeding sitesMeiosporesDifferent sporesCopepodsHostHost adipose tissueMosquitoesDevelopmental sequenceSporesPathogensUltrastructural evidenceGenusVernalisMicrosporidianAmblyospora