Afro-Egypt J Infect Endem Dis 2011 Dec ;1(2):A3

 

Arthropod Vectors in Toshka ,Egypt

 

Morsy T

 

Parasitology Department ,Ain Shams University,Egypt

 

                              

 

ABSTRACT

Toshka is a newly developed area in the south of Egypt near Sudan .Many tropical diseases could be transmitted from Sudan . We spotlight on the arthropods found in Toshka which may transmit diseases from Sudan to Egypt.Simulium (vector of oncocerciasis) ,Chrysops ( vector of Loaiasis) ,Culicoides (vector of filariasis and horse sickness), Anopheles sergenti (vector of malaria), Aedes aegypti (vecror of Dengue) ,Tabanus taeniola (vector of anthrax),Phlebotomus papatasi( vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis) and Phlebotomus langeroni( vector of visceral leishmaniasis) all are found in Toshka.