POPULATION ECOLOGY OF MOSQUITOES AND THE STATUS OF BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN EL DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE, THE NILE DELTA, EGYPT
ABDEL-HAMID, Y., SOLIMAN, M., KENAWY, M. (2013). POPULATION ECOLOGY OF MOSQUITOES AND THE STATUS OF BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN EL DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE, THE NILE DELTA, EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 43(1), 103-113. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94852
YOUSRYA M. ABDEL-HAMID; MOHAMED I. SOLIMAN; MOHAMED A. KENAWY. "POPULATION ECOLOGY OF MOSQUITOES AND THE STATUS OF BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN EL DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE, THE NILE DELTA, EGYPT". EKB Journal Management System, 43, 1, 2013, 103-113. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94852
ABDEL-HAMID, Y., SOLIMAN, M., KENAWY, M. (2013). 'POPULATION ECOLOGY OF MOSQUITOES AND THE STATUS OF BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN EL DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE, THE NILE DELTA, EGYPT', EKB Journal Management System, 43(1), pp. 103-113. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94852
ABDEL-HAMID, Y., SOLIMAN, M., KENAWY, M. POPULATION ECOLOGY OF MOSQUITOES AND THE STATUS OF BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN EL DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE, THE NILE DELTA, EGYPT. EKB Journal Management System, 2013; 43(1): 103-113. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94852

POPULATION ECOLOGY OF MOSQUITOES AND THE STATUS OF BANCROFTIAN FILARIASIS IN EL DAKAHLIA GOVERNORATE, THE NILE DELTA, EGYPT

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Article 9, Volume 43, Issue 1, April 2013, Page 103-113  XML PDF (345.38 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94852
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Authors
YOUSRYA M. ABDEL-HAMID1; MOHAMED I. SOLIMAN1; MOHAMED A. KENAWY2
1Research Institute of Medical Entomology, The General Organization for Institutes and Teaching Hospitals, Ministry of Health, Dokki, Giza 12311, Egypt.
2Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
Abstract
Mosquitoes were surveyed (Oct. 2010 & Apr. - Oct. 2011) in some localities representing 13 centers of El-Dakahlia Governorate. Six mosquito species were collected: Culex pipiens, Cx. antennatus, Cx. perexiguus, Ochlerotatus detritus,
Anopheles pharoensis and An. tenebrosus. Culex pipiens was predominating (ca 79% larvae, 51% adults). Culex antennatus and Cx. perexiguus were also common. Of the Four types of the breeding habitats, the drainage canals were the most productive (53.4% larvae). For the three common species, the compiled larval density increases as water temp. increased and decreases as pH increased while adult indoor density increases as indoor and outdoor temp. and indoor RH increased and decreases as outdoor RH increased. Cx. pipiens significantly associated with Cx. antennatus (CAB=0.88 & I=0.48) while Cx. antennatus has a moderate association with Cx. perexiguus (CAB=0.47 & I=0.36). Out of 908 examined blood samples from ten centers, 7.49% were infected with Wuchereria bancrofti. The highest infection rates in some centers were associated with high indoor densities of Cx. pipiens females, the main filariasis vector. The situation necessitates a wide vector control program to minimize lymphatic filariasis transmission in this Governorate.
Keywords
Mosquitoes; Breeding habitats; Interspecific association; Filariasis; Wuchereria bancrofti; Filaria vector; El Dakahlia Governorate; Egypt
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