| 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 |