Problems of housing and health of people utilizing the garbage in Cairo from the viewpoint of medical entomology.
More than 50 arthropod species were found at two dumping-grounds with dwelling-places (Mokattam and Ezbet el Nakhl) in Cairo. Their importance was evaluated from the epidemiological and epizootological points of view. Of primary importance is the great prevalence of the fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) on brown rats (Rattus norvegicus), since the rats are in a close contact with people. They are often simultaneously parasitized with another flea species, Ctenocephalides felis felis, which is very frequent in the studied localities, occurring not only on people and dogs, but also freely in the whole area inhabited by people. Significant is also the large number of ticks (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) and synantropic flies of epidemiological importance. There is a mass occurrence particularly of the species Musca domestica vicina, Musca sorbens and Piophila casei. Attention is paid also to natural reducers of these flies.
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Institute of Tropical Health, Postgraduate School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods; D004175:Diptera; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004534:Egypt; D005735:Garbage; D006304:Health Status; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D051381:Rats / Q000469:parasitology; D012037:Refuse Disposal