title: Laboratory studies on the possibility of Culex (Culex) pipiens l. to harbour and transmit Hepatozoon matruhensis to the Egyptian snake Psammophis schokari.
abstract: A successful experimental infection of Psammophis schokari snake with Hepatozoon matruhensis through Culex (Culex) pipiens bites was carried out under laboratory condition of 20 +/- 1 degrees C and 60-70 % R.H. The period monitored for gametocyte maturation ranged from 38 to 42 days while the recorded prepatent period ranged from 28 to 35 days. The effect of infection was nonsignificant on longevity, incubation period and percenttage of egg hatching (P>0.05). Meanwhile a significant increase (P<0.05) in the preoviposition period together with a significant reduction (P<0.001) in the number of eggs deposited of infected females were recorded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mahmoud H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ebraheem
authors.forename: Nagwa A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rashdan
authors.forename: Hamed M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Fayed
authors.forename: Fatma H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Galal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D003044:Coccidia / Q000254:growth & development*; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology*; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D012911:Snakes / Q000469:parasitology*; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors