New record of Phlebotomus sergenti, the vector of Leishmania tropica, in the southern Nile valley of Egypt.
We report the 1st collection of Phlebotomus sergenti, a vector of the cutaneous and visceralizing forms of Leishmania tropica, from southern Egypt. Four female and 1 male P. sergenti were collected from unlit Centers for Disease Control light traps placed in a village on the Nile River, 6 km north of Aswan, Egypt, during studies conducted from 1998 to 1999. This extends the known distribution of this species farther south in Egypt than previously recorded.
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Vector Biology Research Program, U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, AE 09835, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D007895:Leishmania tropica; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology