title: Leishmania infecting man and wild animals in Saudi Arabia. 2. Leishmania arabica n. sp.
abstract: Leishmania arabica n. sp., found in the rodent Psammomys obesus in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, is described. This parasite, which has also been found in a feral dog in the same area, is distinguished from the common species of the Eastern Province, L. major zymodeme LON-4, on the basis of its very distinctive isoenzyme profile (zymodeme LON-64) and kinetoplast DNA. It is morphologically indistinguishable from L. major. The new parasite has not been found in man to date and its vector is so far unknown.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis; D004285:Dogs; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D007891:Leishmania / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012529:Saudi Arabia
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D004247:DNA