Occurrence of Phaeotabanus cajennensis (Diptera: Tabanidae) in Trinidad

The tabanid phaeotabanus cajennensis is reported from the island of Trinidad, West Indies, for the first time. (AU)

American trypanosomiasis in British Honduras III - Unusual morphology in a strain of trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi from a white mouse infected with the gut contents of a wild-caught Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera, Reduviidae)

A strain of Trypanosoma cruzi from British Honduras is described which shows a variation in size of the kinetoplast and nucleus in two different hosts.(Summary)

Trypanosoma cruzi infection in blood-sucking reduviid bugs in Trinidad

Wild reduviid bugs from Trinidad were examined for the presence of T. cruzi, which was found in an appreciable proportion of them. The likelihood of human infection, and its epidemiology, are discussed. Further clinical and epidemiological studies of trypanosome infection in man are in progress and will be reported later. (AU)

Oropouche virus: a new human disease agent from Trinidad, West Indies

The isolation and laboratory studies of a new virus isolated from a human fever case in Trinidad, West Indies, are described. The virus has been named Oropouche virus after the region from which it was obtained. Oropouche virus has been found to be related to Simbu virus, an agent isolated in South Africa. Neutralising antibodies were found in the blood of a few forest workers, 8 of 26 native cebus monkeys in the Nariva Swamp and 9 of 26 howler monkeys widely distributed over the island (Summary)