| leishmania tropica in rock hyraxes (procavia capensis) in a focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. | cutaneous leishmaniasis, caused by leishmania tropica, has recently emerged in urban and rural foci of central and northern israel, and constitutes a major public health concern. rock hyraxes (procavia capensis), the suspected natural reservoir, were trapped in the cutaneous leishmaniasis urban focus of maale adumim in central israel and evaluated for l. tropica infection by real-time kinetoplast dna (kdna) polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and serology. real-time pcr on blood and computerized wes ... | 2010 | 20439960 |