title: LABORATORY STUDIES ON THE POSSIBILITY OF CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS TO HARBOR HEPATOZOON SP. INFECTING CERASTES CERASTES CERASTES VIPER IN EGYPT.
abstract: A successful experimental infection of Culex quinquefasciatus with Hepatozoon sp. infecting Cerastes cerastes cerastes viper was carried out under laboratory conditions of 24 +/- 3 degrees C and 60-70% R. H. The period monitored for complete sporogonic cycle was 21 days. The effect of high parasitimic blood meal was nonsignificant (P>0.05) on preoviposition period and hatchability. Meanwhile a highly significant reduction was observed in oviposition rate, number of deposited eggs, number of hatched larvae and longevity (P<0.01). On the contrary moderate infection with Hepatozoon revealed a great significant increase in fecundity (P<0.01) and a nonsignificant decrease in longevity (P>0.05)
authors.forename: Nagwa A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Rashdan
authors.forename: Fatma H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Galal
authors.forename: Alaa F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Gad-Allah
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003044:Coccidia / Q000502:physiology*; D003048:Coccidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D003465:Culex / Q000469:parasitology*; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D010273:Parasitic Diseases, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission*; D017819:Viperidae / Q000469:parasitology*