New record of Phlebotomus sergenti, the vector of Leishmania tropica, in the southern Nile valley of Egypt.
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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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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association
دوره 17 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001