| ecological studies at hofuf, eastern saudi arabia, in relation to dermal leishmaniasis. | field and laboratory investigations were carried out in connection with an epidemic of dermal leishmaniasis in hofuf, eastern province of saudi arabia, during 1977. in this present note emphasis is laid on description of the population dynamics and species spectrum of the sandflies, the occurrence of the vector and the course of the epidemic of leishmania tropica in correlation with the sandfly population and the natural reservoir and the rodent population. | 1979 | 483384 |
| evidence of genetic recombination in leishmania. | in the genus leishmania there has been no convincing demonstration of genetic exchange, and it has been proposed that reproduction is clonal. however, preliminary characterization of two strains of leishmania isolated from wild animals in a zoonotic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the eastern province of saudi arabia, has suggested that they may represent hybrids of leishmania major and leishmania arabica. evidence presented here strongly supports this hypothesis. isoenzyme analysis and mole ... | 1991 | 1656255 |
| leishmania infecting man and wild animals in saudi arabia. 3. leishmaniasis in psammomys obesus cretzschmar in al-ahsa oasis. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is hyperenzootic in psammomys obesus in al-ahsa oasis in saudi arabia: 93% of 202 specimens of this rodent examined had signs of the infection. leishmania major and l. arabica were isolated from both normal ear skin as well as from ears with slight to severe lesions. l. major was the predominant species and gave rise to characteristic lesions that consisted of swelling, rounding of the edges, hyperpigmentation, ulceration, necrosis and, in advanced cases, s ... | 1987 | 3306886 |
| leishmania infecting man and wild animals in saudi arabia. 4. canine cutaneous leishmaniasis in the eastern province. | cutaneous leishmaniasis was detected in 4 of 117 feral dogs, none of which presented any evidence of visceral involvement, in the al-hassa area of saudi arabia where neither leishmania infantum nor l. tropica are transmitted. the parasites isolated from 3 of the animals were identified by biochemical techniques as l. major, l. arabica and leishmania zymodeme 62 respectively. clinically, and in their histology, the lesions closely resembled those caused in man in the same geographical area by l. ... | 1987 | 3503410 |
| visceral infection caused by leishmania tropica in veterans of operation desert storm. | visceral leishmaniasis, usually caused by leishmania donovani, has rarely been reported from eastern saudi arabia, so it was not expected to affect the soldiers of operation desert storm. | 1993 | 8292114 |
| cutaneous leishmaniasis: a 46-year study of the epidemiology and clinical features in saudi arabia (1956-2002). | the aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the eastern province of saudi arabia. in addition, the clinical spectrum of the disease was evaluated. | 2004 | 15234329 |