New record of the malaria vector Anopheles sergentii in the southern Nile Valley of Egypt.
Twelve adult female Anopheles sergentii were collected from 2 villages in the Nile River Valley in Aswan Governorate, Egypt, in August of 1993. No immature forms were found during limited sampling. This is the first record of this malaria vector in Aswan Governorate and represents the southernmost distribution in northern Africa.
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Naval Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit No. 6, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-5040, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000145:classification*; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D008288:Malaria / Q000635:transmission