Studies on flea fauna in El Fayoum Governorate, Egypt.

This paper dealt with the studies of flea fauna as collected on the rodent hosts over one year. The collected rodents (499) in a descending order of abundance in the collection were Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus, Mus musculus, Gerbillus pyramidum and Arvicanthis niloticus. The collected fleas in a descending order in the collection were X. cheopis, P. irritans, N. jasciatus, C. felis, L. segnis and E. gallinacea. The total flea index reached the maximum (0.76) in May and it was zero in December and January. The highest number of fleas was on R. norvegicus and A. niloticus and the lowest was on G. pyramidum. The highest number of rodents and their flea ectoparasites was during the Spring and the lowest was during Autumn. The medical importance of the collected fleas and the whole results were discussed.

Some aspects of sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus in El Agamy, Alexandria.

Leishmaniasis presents a health problem in several countries of the old world. Cutaneous and now visceral leishmaniasis have been reported in Egypt. Visceral leishmaniasis has been reported in El Agamy, Alexandria. In this paper, the seasonal and daily hours of activities of both P. papatasi and P. langeroni as well as the blood preference were studied over two successive years. The results showed a bi-model or two peaks a year. The sandflies started to appear in the last of March or beginning of April and ended in last of November or beginning of December. The indoor hours of activity standard earlier and ended later than the outdoors one. The blood of the females of P. papatasi was mainly human blood, while that of P. langeroni was mainly non-human blood.