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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
The predominant sand fly species collected inside houses in Kfar Adumim, an Israeli village in the Judean Desert that is a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, was Phlebotomus papatasi, which was also caught attempting to bite humans. Phlebotomus sergenti, which is rarely seen inside houses, constituted the predominant sand fly species in caves near the village. Leishmania isolates from Ph. sergenti and humans typed as Leishmania tropica. Sand fly and human isolates produced similar small nodular cutaneous lesions in hamsters. Isolates produced excreted factor (EF) of subserotypes A(9) or A(9)B(2), characteristic of L. tropica and reacted with L. tropica-specific monoclonal antibodies. Isoenzyme analysis consigned the strains to the L. tropica zymodemes MON-137 and MON-275. Molecular genetic analyses confirmed the strains were L. tropica and intraspecific microheterogeneity was observed. Genomic fingerprinting using a mini-satellite probe separated the L. tropica strains into two clusters that were not entirely congruent with geographic distribution. These results support the heterogeneous nature of L. tropica and incriminate Ph. sergenti as its vector in this Judean Desert focus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0002-9637
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
364-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Biological Assay, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-DNA, Kinetoplast, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-DNA, Ribosomal Spacer, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Desert Climate, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Electrophoresis, Starch Gel, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Genetic Variation, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Insect Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Israel, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Leishmania tropica, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Mesocricetus, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Phlebotomus, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Rural Population, pubmed-meshheading:15100448-Serotyping
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Multifarious characterization of leishmania tropica from a Judean desert focus, exposing intraspecific diversity and incriminating phlebotomus sergenti as its vector.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. schnurl@cc.huji.ac.il
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't