title: Culex neavei Theobald, as a possible transmitter of Hepatozoon matruhensis to the Egyptian snake Psammophis schokari.
abstract: Stained smears of Culex neavei females infected with Hepattozoon matruhensis from Psammophis schokari and kept at 20 +/- 1 degrees C showed the complete developmental stages of the parasite. However, no detection of sporozoites was monitored when females were kept at 30 +/- 1 degrees C. A successful infection of P. schokari was carried out in the laboratory by C. neavei bites. The effect of infection on the mosquito longevity was insignificant (p>0.05) under low temperature and highly significant (p<0.001) under high temperature. The mortality rate was slightly affected at 20 +/- 1 degrees C, but greatly affected at 30 +/- 1 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University and National Center for Radiation Research and Technology, Egypt.
authors.forename: Nagwa A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rashdan
authors.forename: Saud E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: El-Sebaii
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D017812:Colubridae / Q000469:parasitology*; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology*; D004534:Egypt; D016783:Eucoccidiida / Q000254:growth & development*; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D008136:Longevity; D013696:Temperature