Anthropogenic disturbances enhance occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Israel deserts: Patterns and mechanisms

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 868-881

  Wasserberg, G ^a,d   Abramsky, Z ^a   Kotler, B P ^a   Ostfeld, R S ^b   Yarom, I ^a   Warburg, A ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Disease ecology; Israel; Leishmania major; Negev and Arava deserts; Phlebotomus papatasi; Psammomys obesus; Reservoir host; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DESERT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; DISTURBANCE; LEISHMANIASIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSAMMOMYS; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0347622712     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0868:ADEOOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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