Leishmaniasis in Israel and the Palestinian authority

CL Jaffe, G Baneth, ZA Abdeen, Y Schlein… - Trends in …, 2004 - cell.com
Cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in the Middle East has been known since the early
1900s. Recent epidemiological studies show that they are re-emerging as important public …

Clinical diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a comparison study between standardized graded direct microscopy and ITS1-PCR of Giemsa-stained smears

A Al-Jawabreh, G Schoenian, O Hamarsheh… - Acta tropica, 2006 - Elsevier
Parasitological diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis is absolutely necessary before
treatment. Direct microscopy of scrapings taken from the margins of skin lesions is the most …

Use of PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis To Identify the Main New World Leishmania Species and Analyze Their Taxonomic Properties and …

B Rotureau, C Ravel, P Couppié… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
At least 13 characterized Leishmania species are known to infect humans in South America.
Five of these parasites are transmitted in the sylvatic ecotopes of the whole French Guianan …

Seroprevalence and risk factors associated with canine leishmaniasis in Egypt

A Selim, S Shoulah, A Abdelhady, A Alouffi… - Veterinary …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Canine leishmaniasis (CanL) is caused by Leishmania infantum (L. infantum)
that is transmitted by sand fly vectors with dogs acting as the main reservoir. Methods: The …

Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Palestinian West Bank: potential vectors of leishmaniasis

SS Sawalha, MS Shtayeh, HM Khanfar… - Journal of medical …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Two forms of leishmaniasis are endemic to the Jenin district in the northern region of the
West Bank. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by Leishmania infantum, mainly affects …

Feline leishmaniasis in Jerusalem: serological investigation

A Nasereddin, H Salant, Z Abdeen - Veterinary parasitology, 2008 - Elsevier
Visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum is an endemic zoonosis, present in
the Mediterranean area and well recognized in Israel and Palestine for human and dog …

A Newly Emerged Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus in Northern Israel and Two New Reservoir Hosts of Leishmania major

R Faiman, I Abbasi, C Jaffe, Y Motro… - PLoS Neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In 2006/7, 18 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) were reported for the first time from Sde
Eliyahu (pop. 650), a village in the Beit She'an valley of Israel. Between 2007–2011, a …

Age-related alteration of arginase activity impacts on severity of leishmaniasis

I Müller, A Hailu, BS Choi, T Abebe… - PLoS neglected …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background The leishmaniases are a group of vector-borne parasitic diseases that
represent a major international public health problem; they belong to the most neglected …

Different methods of using attractive sugar baits (ATSB) for the control of Phlebotomus papatasi

GC Müller, Y Schlein - Journal of Vector Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We have previously shown that fermented ripe fruit is a strong attractant for several mosquito
species, and when mixed with oral insecticide these attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSB) were …

Serological and molecular survey of Leishmania parasites in apparently healthy dogs in the West Bank, Palestine

O Hamarsheh, A Nasereddin, S Damaj, SI Sawalha… - Parasites & vectors, 2012 - Springer
Background Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is caused by Leishmania infantum in all
Mediterranean countries. The Leishmania parasite is transmitted by the bite of a …