Uninvited guests: diversity and specificity of Trypanosoma infections in frog-biting midges (Corethrella spp.)
Our data suggest that most trypanosomes detected in trap-caught midges are established, host-competent (i.e., specialist) parasites in an infective stadium.
Authors
- Thomas Eltz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8465-7944)
- T. Ulmar Grafe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4468-7954)
- Maximilian Schweinsberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3085-2688)
- Jonas Virgo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4395-7737)
- Jonas Henske (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0281-2291)
- Maximilian Sigl
Institutions
- Universiti Brunei Darussalam (BN)
- University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum (DE)
- Universidad San Francisco de Quito (EC)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2025-08-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-06993-8
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.02
Funders
- Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum