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In vitro cultivation of rickettsia-like-organisms from Glossina spp
S C Welburn1, I Maudlin, D S Ellis
1Tsetse Research Laboratory, University of Bristol, Langford, U.K.
Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
|June 1, 1987
Abstract:
A method is described for the in vitro cultivation of the rickettsia-like-organisms (RLO) from Glossina spp. which are believed to be associated with susceptibility to trypanosome infection. Cultures of RLO were established by infecting a mosquito cell line (Aedes albopictus) with haemolymph taken from teneral flies. RLO from nine species of Glossina have been isolated and maintained in continuous culture using this technique.