| comparison of small mammal prevalence of leishmania (leishmania) mexicana in five foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the state of campeche, mexico. | in the yucatan peninsula of mexico, 95% of the human cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis are caused by leishmania (leishmania) mexicana with an incidence rate of 5.08 per 100,000 inhabitants. transmission is limited to the winter months (november to march). one study on wild rodents has incriminated ototylomys phyllotis and peromyscus yucatanicus as primary reservoirs of l. (l.) mexicana in the focus of la libertad, campeche. in the present study, the prevalence of both infection and disease caused ... | 2009 | 19390737 |
| retention of leishmania (leishmania) mexicana in naturally infected rodents from the state of campeche, mexico. | in the state of campeche, mexico, zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis is mainly due to leishmania (l.) mexicana. the parasite population is maintained in a mammalian species, a reservoir in which the ideal course of infection should be long and relatively nonpathogenic. the objective of the present study was to document the retention of l. (l.) mexicana in 29 naturally infected rodents. these cricetids lived in captivity for up to two years and were tested monthly for the presence of the parasite, ... | 2000 | 10998205 |
| use of monoclonal antibodies for the identification of leishmania spp. isolated from humans and wild rodents in the state of campeche, mexico. | the genus leishmania includes 30 described species which infect a wide variety of mammalian hosts. the precise identification of leishmanial parasites at the species level is very important in order to determine whether an organism, causing the disease in a given area, is of the same biotype as that found in suspected mammalian reservoirs. the objectives of the present study were (1) to identify leishmanial parasites isolated from humans and wild rodents from the state of campeche, an endemic fo ... | 1999 | 10348978 |
| isolation of leishmania (l.) mexicana from wild rodents and their possible role in the transmission of localized cutaneous leishmaniasis in the state of campeche, mexico. | leishmania parasites were isolated from four of seven small rodent species captured in the state of campeche, mexico. signs and/or symptoms of leishmanial infection were restricted to the tail of the mice. peromyscus yucatanicus endemic to the peninsula of yucatan and oryzomys melanotis were added to the list of carriers of leishmania. leishmania (l.) mexicana, characterized by an indirect immunofluorescence antibody method using monoclonal antibodies, was identified in one sigmodon hispidus and ... | 1995 | 7677214 |