The ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nizzana, Israel: Infection patterns in the reservoir host, and epidemiological implications

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-143

  Wasserberg, G ^a   Abramsky, Z ^a   Anders, G ^b   El Fari, M ^c   Schoenian, G ^c   Schnur, L ^b   Kotler, B P ^a   Kabalo, I ^d   Warburg, A ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Southern Command Health Corps   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Disease distribution; Epidemiology; Nizzana; Psammomys obesus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; LEISHMANIASIS; PATHOGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EAR; ECOLOGY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; HOST; ISRAEL; LOESS; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENT; SAND; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SOIL MOISTURE; STAINING;

ANIMALS; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EAR; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ISRAEL;

DASYURUS; GERBILLUS; GERBILLUS DASYURUS; MERIONES; MERIONES CRASSUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSAMMOMYS; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036156178     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00326-5     Document Type: Article

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