Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2014) 109, 299-306

Abdallah Mohammed Samy, Said Abdallah Doha and Mohamed Amin Kenawy (2014)
Ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sinai: linking parasites, vectors and hosts
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 109 (3), 299-306
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.
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Database assignments for author(s): Abdallah M. Samy

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Phlebotomus papatasi		Egypt
	Phlebotomus sergenti		Egypt
	Phlebotomus alexandri		Egypt
	Mus musculus		Egypt
	Rattus rattus		Egypt
	Sergentomyia antennata		Egypt
	Rattus norvegicus		Egypt
	Sergentomyia clydei		Egypt
	Phlebotomus kazeruni		Egypt