| leishmania major infection among psammomys obesus and meriones shawi: reservoirs of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in sidi bouzid(central tunisia). | a study was undertaken between november 2008 and march 2010, in the focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis of central tunisia, to evaluate the role of psammomys obesus (n=472) and meriones shawi (n=167) as reservoir hosts for leishmania major infection. prevalence of l. major infection was 7% versus 5% for culture (p=not signifiant [ns]), 19% versus 16% for direct examination of smears (p=ns), and 20% versus 33% (p=ns) for indirect fluorescent antibody test among p. obesus and m. shawi, respectively. ... | 2011 | 21919726 |