| two successive years studies on phlebotomus papatasi in north sinai governorate, egypt. | no doubt, zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is increasing in north sinai governorate. the causative agent, l. major was identified as well as two animal reservoir hosts, gerbillus pyramidum and meriones crassus. this paper was intended to study the seasonal abundance and the sex ratio of the suspected insect, phlebotomus papatasi as well as to search for natural infected in wild caught females. the c.d.c. miniature light traps were used for adult collections, dissection was used for demonst ... | 1992 | 1578184 |
| isolation and characterization of leishmania major from phlebotomus papatasi and military personnel in north sinai, egypt. | | 1991 | 1780981 |
| leishmania major and meriones crassus in north sinai governorate, egypt. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl.) now seems to be more than was once thought in north sinai. in the present study, meriones crassus (23) and m. sacramenti (10) were collected from limited foci of human cl. leishmania major (four strains) were isolated from m. crassus as indicated enzymologically by the cellulose acetate electrophoresis of nine different enzymes (mdh, 6 pgd, gd, pk, pgm, nh, gpi, me and sod). the four strains were equivalent to zymodeme lon 1 (three strains) and lon 2 (one ... | 1991 | 1875065 |
| studies on zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis among a group of temporary workers in north sinai governorate, egypt. | leishmaniasis (cutaneous, cl. and visceral, vl.) is an increasing public health problem in the mediterranean region. from a practical point of view, zcl is the most important and distributed form in egypt. consequently, it was aimed to study the status of zcl among a group of temporary workers in north sinai governorate. the results showed that (i) rodent populations are more or less common in al arish city (rattus rattus and r. norvegicus), bir lehfan (gerbillus pyramidum) and abo oegela (g. py ... | 1995 | 7602176 |
| leishmania major in meriones sacramenti thomas 1922 in nakhel, north sinai, egypt. | leishmania major is a protozoal parasite of desert and savanna rodents, the vectors being mainly phlebotomus (phlebotomus) papatasi and very closely related species. man in an incidental host, in whom usually it causes zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. in this paper, spot light survey was carried out in nakhel to identify the role of animal reservoir(s) where a sudden outbreak occurred in nakhel center. the trapped rodents were m. musculus, meriones sacramenti and gerbillus pyramidum. three isol ... | 1993 | 8376854 |
| identification of a misleading trypanosomatid parasite from gerbillus pyramidum and g. andersoni in a leishmania major endemic area in north sinai. | during an epidemiologic investigation of cutaneous leishmaniasis at a focus in north sinai, egypt, between june 1989 and december 1991, 897 desert rodents were trapped and examined to identify reservoir hosts for leishmania major. mixed forms of epimastigotes and promastigotes were isolated in tanabe's medium from 4 gerbillus pyramidum and 1 gerbillus andersoni. the 2 forms were later grown and separated as distinct cultures in schneider's medium. the isoenzyme profile of the gerbils' promastigo ... | 1996 | 8636842 |
| psammomys obesus cretzschmar, 1828 and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in sinai peninsula, egypt. | in the middle east, the fat sand rat psammomys obesus is the most important reservoir host of zoonotic cutaneous leishmamiasis (zcl). it is the most incriminated host in outbreaks. two p. obesus caught in wadi el gedeiret (al arish, north sinai) were found naturally infected with leishmania major as indicated by enzyme electrophoresis. in egypt, the already known reservoir hosts are gerbillus pyramidum i. geoffroy st. hilaire, 1825; meriones crassus sundevall, 1984 and meriones sacramenti thomas ... | 1996 | 8754646 |
| the red fox, vulpes v. aegyptiaca, a new host of leishmania major in sinai peninsula. | a leishmanial isolate was obtained from the ear of one red fox or nile fox (vulpes v. aegyptiaca) out of eight from north sinai governorate. the isolate was typed by the enzymatic variant profiles of the four enzymes, gpi, g6pd. 6pgd and pgm against the three old world reference strains, l. major, l. tropica and l. donovani and proved to be leishmania major. this is the second time that l. major has been shown to occur in canine hosts. the list of the mammalian hosts of l. major was reviewed and ... | 2002 | 12512806 |
| re-evaluation of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis status in north sinai governorate, egypt. | generally speaking, there are at least few endemic zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) in the sinai and the suez canal governorates. a spotlight survey for new cases of human zcl among out-patients with skin complaints revealed sixteen out of 100 (16%) individuals examined. but, none zcl infection was found among 50 normal individuals. the typing of three human isolates proved to be leishmania major zymodeme london 70. trapping and examination of the rodent reservoirs and sand-fly vector(s) w ... | 2003 | 14708846 |
| zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis: reservoir host and insect vector in north sinai, egypt. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is a protozoan disease well documented not only in egypt, but in nearly all the east mediterranean countries. sinai peninsula was a sparsely populated area where sporadic cases of zcl were reported with the reconstruction of sinai and people coming in and out, it was indicated to study the status of zcl in north sinai governorate, the reservoir host(s) and insect vector(s) in sinai. in the present study, the six species of rodents were trapped from areas or nearby a ... | 2007 | 18383786 |
| first report of leishmania tropica from a classical focus of l. major in north-sinai, egypt. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is prevalent in the egyptian sinai peninsula and previous research has consistently documented the etiologic agent to be leishmania major. we report the first isolation of leishmania tropica from human cases of cl in a northern sinai community bordering palestine. parasite culturing, real-time polymerase chain reaction (pcr), gene sequencing, and restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analyses indicate cl cases in this community were caused by either l. majo ... | 2009 | 19635872 |
| ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in sinai: linking parasites, vectors and hosts. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a neglected clinical form of public health importance that is quite prevalent in the northern and eastern parts of egypt. a comprehensive study over seven years (january 2005-december 2011) was conducted to track cl transmission with respect to both sandfly vectors and animal reservoirs. the study identified six sandfly species collected from different districts in north sinai: phlebotomus papatasi, phlebotomus kazeruni, phlebotomus sergenti, phlebotomus alexandri ... | 2014 | 24821060 |