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leishmania tropica in the black rat (rattus rattus): persistence and transmission from asymptomatic host to sand fly vector phlebotomus sergenti.black rats (rattus rattus) receiving leishmania tropica injected intradermally into the ear were studied for the persistence of parasites and infectivity to natural sand fly vector. the mammalian host, the parasite, and the vector all originated from the endemic focus of urfa, turkey. rats did not develop lesions or any apparent signs of disease, although at the site of inoculation they harboured live parasites capable of infecting sand flies. the number of l. tropica amastigotes detected in the ...200312737990
characterisation of leishmania isolates from laikipia district, kenya.using cloned kdna sequences from the reference strain of leishmania tropica ic-067, we have screened leishmanial isolates from laikipia district of kenya and identified these isolates as l. tropica. one isolate, ic-331, from a rat (rattus rattus) was typed as l. tropica. this is the first time that l. tropica has been isolated from a wild rodent in kenya and thus the first indication that the disease caused by l. tropica might be a zoonosis. the leishmanial isolates, especially those of sandflie ...19989879738
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 ...19883257073
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