| the discovery and preliminary characterization of a novel trypanosomatid parasite from rattus norvegicus and stray dogs from alexandria, egypt. | a survey of rodents and dogs was carried out in alexandria and its environs to see if an animal reservoir was associated with an outbreak of infantile kala-azar in this area. three rodent species, rattus rattus, rattus norvegicus and mus musculus, were commonly trapped and examined. a flagellate parasite was isolated from the spleens of two r. norvegicus. it was typed serologically by excreted factor serotyping and enzymologically by thick starch electrophoresis of four of its enzymes: gpi, g6pd ... | 1988 | 3257073 |
| natural infections of leishmania major in domestic dogs from alexandria, egypt. | two leishmanial isolates from dogs from alexandria, egypt, were typed serologically and biochemically as leishmania major. this is the second time that l. major has been shown to occur in dogs. the significance of these findings as a misleading phenomenon in relation to the relatively recent outbreak of infantile kala-azar in the area of alexandria is discussed. | 1987 | 3605504 |
| is leishmania major the cause of infantile kala-azar in alexandria, egypt? | | 1985 | 3992633 |