| outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern israel. | this study describes a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) due to leishmania tropica, in the galilee region of northern israel. thirty-three cases from 4 villages (northern part) and from the city of tiberias (southern part) have been clinically diagnosed since 1996. parasites from 13 patients and from 6 sand flies were characterized by isoenzyme electrophoresis, 2 immunological methods, and 3 polymerase chain reaction (pcr)-based methods. isolates from the northern part were antigenically ... | 2003 | 14513429 |
| resurgence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in israel, 2001-2012. | cutaneous leishmaniasis has long been endemic in israel. after a 15-year period of moderate illness rates, reported incidence increased from 0.4 cases per 100,000 population in 2001 to 4.4 cases per 100,000 population in 2012, and the disease emerged in areas where its presence had previously been minimal. we analyzed all cases reported to the national surveillance system and found that outbreak patterns revealed an expansion of leishmania major infections over large areas in the southern part o ... | 0 | 25271882 |
| a newly emerged cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in northern israel and two new reservoir hosts of leishmania major. | in 2006/7, 18 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) were reported for the first time from sde eliyahu (pop. 650), a village in the beit she'an valley of israel. between 2007-2011, a further 88 cl cases were diagnosed bringing the total to 106 (16.3% of the population of sde eliyahu). the majority of cases resided in the south-western part of the village along the perimeter fence. the causative parasite was identified as leishmania major yakimoff & schokhor, 1914 (kinetoplastida: trypanosomatidae ... | 2013 | 23437408 |
| leishmania tropica in northern israel: a clinical overview of an emerging focus. | in israel, most cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is caused by leishmania major. recently a new focus of cl caused by leishmania tropica has been described in tiberias and the surrounding area of northern israel. | 2005 | 16243129 |
| distribution and dispersal of phlebotomus papatasi (diptera: psychodidae) in a zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus, the northern negev, israel. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis has long been endemic in israel. in recent years reported incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis increased and endemic transmission is being observed in a growing number of communities in regions previously considered free of the disease. here we report the results of an intensive sand fly study carried out in a new endemic focus of leishmania major. the main objective was to establish a method and to generate a data set to determine the exposure risk, sand fly pop ... | 2016 | 27427959 |