The egyptian mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, is a possible reservoir host of visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Sudan

Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 531-536

  Elnaiem, D A ^a,b   Hassan, M M ^a   Maingon, R ^b   Nureldin, G H ^a   Mekawi, A M ^a   Miles, M ^c   Ward, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmania donovani; Mongoose; Reservoir; Sandflies; Sudan

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; HOST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HERPESTIDAE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SUDAN;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; HERPESTIDAE; ICHNEUMON; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MASTOMYS NATALENSIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035014611     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001007594     Document Type: Article

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