Prevalence of dipterous flies associated with human and animal diseases in Matruh and South Sinai governorates, Egypt

The present study identified the dipterous flies associated with human and animal diseases in Matruh and South Sinai Governorates. The results indicated that 49817 belonging to 13 families, 24 genera and 33 species were trapped from Matruh Governorate and 3708 flies belonging to 9 families, 13 genera and 16 species were trapped from South Sinai Governorate from January to December 2009. M. domestica was the most abundant in both Governorates. Statistical analysis showed that species of all families were significantly higher in Matruh Governorate than South Sinai Governorate due to spread of garbage, fermented fruits and human and animal excreta

Scanning electron microscopy of boreostrongylus seurati [nematoda: heligmosomidae] from the Egyptian desert gerbil gerbillus gerbillus with notes on its phylogeny

A heligmosomid nematode Boreostrongylus seurati, belonging to the subfamily Nippostrongylinae, was described and figured based on specimens collected from duodenum of Egyptian gerbil Gerbillus gerbillus [Olivier]. Both light and scanning electron microscopy were used to describe adult worms and their bursa and the synlophe. The ultrastructural morphology of some features of the worms was also described including mouth opening, cuticular surface, spicules, cephalic and bursal papillae