THE EFFECT OF HEPATOZOON SP.INFECTION ON SOME BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF THE MOSQUITO CULEX PIPIENS COMPLEX | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 21, Volume 51, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 163-168 PDF (748.88 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2021.165959 | ||
| Authors | ||
| FATMA K. ADHAM1; FATMA H. GALAL1; ALI SOBHY MOHAMED SALAMA2 | ||
| 1Departments of Entomology, Faculties of Science, Cairo University | ||
| 2Departments of Entomology, Faculties of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Hepatozoon is a very diverse genus with more than 300 species currently assigned to it, based largely on morphological characters, host specify and life cycle patterns. Peripheral blood smears of naturally infected vipers Cerastes cerastes cerastes (hornless) showed intracytoplassmic banana-shaped gametocytes in the erythrocytes. Upon initial examination in 12% out of 100 collected vipers harbored Hepatozoon sp. Effect of Hepatozoon sp. infection on some biological parameters of Culex pipiens complex showed no significant difference between longevity of noninfected and infected ones, and between mortality rate, and pre-oviposition period of both. Fertility female mosquitoes were significantly affected. Infected females produced significantly fewer eggs/female as compared to those deposited by non-infected ones, without significant difference incubation periods of eggs deposition. The mean oviposition rate of fully engorged infected Cx. pipiens complex female was highly significant less than that of non-infected female ones. Statistical analysis revealed a highly significant difference (P<0.0001) between the larval mortality from infected and non-infected female ones. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Culex pipiens complex; Biology; Hepatozoon sp | ||
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