Characterization of Leishmania aethiopica from rock hyrax, Procavia capensis trapped in Najran, Saudi Arabia.
Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by L. aethiopica is endemic in Ethiopia, Kenya and South-west Africa. In a previous paper, the present authors reported natural Leishmania species infection in two hyraxes, P. capensis. In this paper, an isolate from a rock hyrax. P. capensis (Pallas, 1766) was enzymatically characterized by demonstrating the mobilities of seven enzymes, to be identical with the reference strain of L. aethiopica.
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Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
al Dakhil
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el Bahrawy
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D000818:Animals; D004798:Enzymes / Q000032:analysis; D005002:Ethiopia; D007043:Hyraxes / Q000469:parasitology*; D007630:Kenya; D007891:Leishmania / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D009276:Namibia; D012529:Saudi Arabia
D004798:Enzymes