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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 250: R991-R995, 1986;
0363-6119/86 $5.00
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 250, Issue 6 991-R995, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society

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Behavioral fever and therapy in a rickettsia-infected Orthoptera

C. Louis, M. Jourdan and M. Cabanac

Gryllus bimaculatus were infected with an intracellular prokaryote, Rickettsiella grylli, then reared either at fixed temperatures or in a temperature gradient (22-36 degrees C) where they could select the temperature they preferred. Only 50% of the infected insects reared at 28 degrees C or less survived after 20 days, against 75% of those reared at 30 degrees C or more and 90% of those in the temperature gradient. Examination of smears of insect tissue showed that all (100%) of the infected insects reared between 23 and 29 degrees C had developed a strong rickettsial infection. Only 20% of the insects reared in a gradient of temperature showed signs of strong infection. Body temperature of crickets in the temperature gradient, recorded using thin thermocouples, was 33 degrees C in infected crickets and 26.6 degrees C in controls. It is concluded that thermoregulatory behavior was used by the insects to produce a fever when infected with Rickettsiella grylli. This protected them and increased survival capacity.


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