Leishmania major and Meriones crassus in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt.
Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL.) now seems to be more than was once thought in North Sinai. In the present study, Meriones crassus (23) and M. sacramenti (10) were collected from limited foci of human CL. Leishmania major (four strains) were isolated from M. crassus as indicated enzymologically by the cellulose acetate electrophoresis of nine different enzymes (MDH, 6 PGD, GD, PK, PGM, NH, GPI, ME and SOD). The four strains were equivalent to zymodeme LON 1 (three strains) and LON 2 (one strain).
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
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D000818:Animals; D004534:Egypt; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology