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Leishmania infection sought in rodents in north Sinai, Egypt
T A Morsy1, A I Merdan, M M Wahba
1Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
|August 1, 1992
Abstract:
Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is endemic in certain foci in North Sinai. In the present study, eight species of commensal and wild rodents were trapped from seven areas. Suggestive ZCL lesions were seen on R. rattus, R. norvegicus, G. pyramidum, G. ander soni, G. gerbillus and Meriones sacramenti. Positive Giemsa stained smears were identified in G. pyramidum. The results were discussed. It was concluded that the ZCL transmission cycle, animal reservoirs, sand fly vector and man, is documented.