| 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 |
| 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 |
| distinct transmission cycles of leishmania tropica in 2 adjacent foci, northern israel. | transmission of leishmania tropica was studied in 2 adjacent foci in israel where vector populations differ. only phlebotomus sergenti was found infected with l. tropica in the southern focus; p. arabicus was the main vector in the northern focus. rock hyraxes (procavia capensis) were incriminated as reservoir hosts in both foci. l. tropica strains from the northern focus isolated from sand flies, cutaneous leishmaniasis cases, and rock hyraxes were antigenically similar to l. major, and strains ... | 2006 | 17326936 |
| leishmania tropica in rock hyraxes (procavia capensis) in a focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. | cutaneous leishmaniasis, caused by leishmania tropica, has recently emerged in urban and rural foci of central and northern israel, and constitutes a major public health concern. rock hyraxes (procavia capensis), the suspected natural reservoir, were trapped in the cutaneous leishmaniasis urban focus of maale adumim in central israel and evaluated for l. tropica infection by real-time kinetoplast dna (kdna) polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and serology. real-time pcr on blood and computerized wes ... | 2010 | 20439960 |
| bionomics of phlebotomine sandflies in the galilee focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern israel. | the bionomics of phlebotomine sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) were studied for three years (2001-2003) in the galilee focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern israel, where the causative leishmania tropica (kinetoplastida: trypanosomatidae) is transmitted by phlebotomus (adlerius) arabicus theodor and phlebotomus (paraphlebotomus) sergenti parrot, comprising 22% and 8%, respectively, of the local sandfly fauna sampled by light traps. the predominant species overall was phlebotomus (larrouss ... | 2004 | 15642009 |
| geographic and epidemiologic analysis of the cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak in northern israel, 2000-2003. | the incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern israel began to rise in 2000, peaking at 41.0 per 100,000 in the kinneret subdistrict during the first half of 2003. | 2010 | 21243862 |