Cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Libyan Arab Republic: preliminary ecological findings
- 31 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Pathogens and Global Health
- Vol. 71 (3) , 265-271
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1977.11687190
Abstract
Preliminary results show cutaneous leishmaniasis in Libya to be, sometimes at least, a rural zoonotic infection. The parasites are transmitted, probably by Phlebotomus papatasi, between the rodents Psammomys obesus and Meriones libycus. The banks and islands in the main channel of seasonal wadis provide the right combination of vegetation and permanence for the maintenance of an intense focus.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Libyan Arab Republic: distribution of the disease and identity of the parasitePathogens and Global Health, 1976
- The Rodents of Libya: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Zoogeographical RelationshipsBulletin of the United States National Museum, 1968