| [ecoepidemiology of leishmaniasis in syria. 1. leishmania major yakimoff and schokhor (kinetoplastida-trypanosomatidae) infestation of psammomys obesus cretzschmar (rodentia-gerbillidae)]. | during an epidemiological survey of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in south-west syria, leishmania major zymodème mon-26 was isolated from a reservoir host, psammomys obesus terraesanctae (rodentia-gerbillidae). the abundance of this rodent, its close contact with infected villages and the high prevalence of the infection (63,1%) indicate that this is the main reservoir host of oriental sore in the semi desert area of this country. | 1990 | 2097930 |