dc.contributor.author | Samy, Abdallah M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Doha, Said Abdallah | |
dc.contributor.author | Kenawy, Mohamed A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-17T14:04:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-17T14:04:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-05-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Abdallah Mohammed Samy, Said Abdallah Doha, Mohamed Amin Kenawy. "Ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sinai: linking parasites, vectors and hosts." Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2014 June; 109(3): 299–306. Published online 2014 May 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276130426 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/15013 | |
dc.description | To Dr Awni F Sallem, for his kind help during the field trips, and to Townsend Peterson, University of Kansas, for his comments that improved the paper | |
dc.description.abstract | Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected clinical form of public health importance that is quite prevalent in the northern and eastern parts of Egypt. A comprehensive study over seven years (January 2005-December 2011) was conducted to track CL transmission with respect to both sandfly vectors and animal reservoirs. The study identified six sandfly species collected from different districts in North Sinai: Phlebotomus papatasi, Phlebotomus kazeruni, Phlebotomus sergenti, Phlebotomus alexandri, Sergentomyia antennata and Sergentomyia clydei. Leishmania (-)-like flagellates were identified in 15 P. papatasi individuals (0.5% of 3,008 dissected females). Rodent populations were sampled in the same districts where sandflies were collected and eight species were identified: Rattus norvegicus (n = 39), Rattus rattus frugivorous (n = 13), Rattus rattus alexandrinus (n = 4), Gerbillus pyramidum floweri (n = 38), Gerbillus andersoni (n = 28), Mus musculus (n = 5), Meriones sacramenti (n = 22) and Meriones crassus (n = 10). Thirty-two rodents were found to be positive for Leishmania infection (20.12% of 159 examined rodents). Only Leishmania major was isolated and identified in 100% of the parasite samples. The diversity of both the vector and rodent populations was examined using diversity indices and clustering approaches. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Financial support: RTC/Vectors of Diseases, Department of Entomology/Ain Shams University | |
dc.publisher | Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde | |
dc.subject | sandfly | |
dc.subject | Phlebotomus | |
dc.subject | Leishmaniasis | |
dc.subject | Leishmania Major | |
dc.subject | Sinai | |
dc.subject | Egypt | |
dc.title | Ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sinai: linking parasites, vectors and hosts | |
dc.type | Article | |
kusw.kuauthor | Samy, Abdallah Mohammed | |
kusw.kudepartment | Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | |
kusw.kudepartment | Biodiversity Institute | |
kusw.oastatus | fullparticipation | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1590/0074-0276130426 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3978-1134 | |
kusw.oaversion | Scholarly/refereed, publisher version | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | |