Isolation of Leishmania from a Black Rat in the Baghdad Area, Iraq
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 25 (5) , 759-761
- https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1976.25.759
Abstract
Leishmania was recovered from a black rat in the Baghdad area, Iraq. Leptomonads from samples of blood and tissues of this animal cultivated on NNN medium produced visceral leishmaniasis when injected into white mice. This is the first record of natural visceral leishmaniasis in a non-human host in Iraq.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: