A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW ON ARTHROPODS BITING MAN AND ANIMALS CAUSING ALLERGY AND TRANSMITTING INFECTIOUS DISEASES: IS IT RISKY TO EGYPT WITH CLIMATIC CHANGES AND IMMIGRANTS?

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt

2 Respiratory Care Technology Program, Applied Health Science Technology, MUST University, P.O. Box 77, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Arthropods may cause direct or indirect injuries, damages and/or infections of a variety. Mostly, 
however, they are important medically because of their mediation as a vector for a large number 
of diseases transmitted to human and animals. They are medical importance as biological vectors 
of pathogens (malaria and Leishmania parasites, viral hemorrhagic fevers, Lyme disease…etc.), 
passive carriers of pathogens (bites or feces), ectoparasites (ticks, fleas, blood-sucking, flies, 
lice…etc.), nuisance pests (bed-bugs, millipedes). But, not all the insects are harmful, others are 
essential to life on Earth. Bees and butterflies help plants produce seeds, ladybugs eat devastat
ing pests and have even saved citrus crops, and centipedes control indoor bug population. 

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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 55, Issue 1
April 2025
Pages 137-150

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