Some aspects of sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus in El Agamy, Alexandria.
Leishmaniasis presents a health problem in several countries of the old world. Cutaneous and now visceral leishmaniasis have been reported in Egypt. Visceral leishmaniasis has been reported in El Agamy, Alexandria. In this paper, the seasonal and daily hours of activities of both P. papatasi and P. langeroni as well as the blood preference were studied over two successive years. The results showed a bi-model or two peaks a year. The sandflies started to appear in the last of March or beginning of April and ended in last of November or beginning of December. The indoor hours of activity standard earlier and ended later than the outdoors one. The blood of the females of P. papatasi was mainly human blood, while that of P. langeroni was mainly non-human blood.
L M
LM
el Okbi
T A
TA
Morsy
M L
ML
Khalid
M M
MM
Salama
M A
MA
Bebars
M M
MM
Arafa
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HH
Mostafa
D000818:Animals; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004534:Egypt; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000502:physiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012744:Sex Ratio