Detection of high rates of in-village transmission of Leishmania donovani in eastern Sudan
Detection of high rates of in-village transmission of Leishmania donovani in eastern Sudan
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DOI:
10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.06.001
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发表时间:
2004-09-01
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2.7
通讯作者:
Elnaiem, DA
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作者:
Hassan, MM;Elraba'a, FMA;Elnaiem, DA
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL; kala azar), caused by Leishmania donovani and transmitted by Phlebotmus orientalis. is a major health problem in eastern and southern Sudan, where recent epidemics of the disease claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people (Seamann et al., 1996; Elnaiem et al., 2003). Previous studies carried out in these foci demonstrated that the vector of VL thrives mainly in woodland dominated by Acacia seyal and Balanites aegyptiaca trees Hoogstraal and Heyneman, 1969; Schorscher and Goris, 1992; Elnaiem et al., 1997; Thomson et al., 1999). In this habitat, we found high rates of infection of L. donovani in P orientalis (Elnaiem et al., 1998) and provided evidence that the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) is a silvatic reservoir host of the parasite (Elnaiem et al., 2001).