Zoonoses from pets horses, donkeys and mules: with special references to Egypt

A zoonosis is an animal disease that is transmissible to humans. Humans are usually an accidental host that acquires disease through close contact with an infected animal, who may or may not be symptomatic. Children are at highest risk for infection because they are more likely to have close contact with pets. Pets are responsible for transmission of an extensive array of bacterial, fungal, and parasitic zoonotic pathogens. The route of transmission can be through the saliva [e.g., bites or contaminated scratches], feces, respiratory secretions, direct contact, or by the animal acting as a vehicle and source of tick or flea exposure. Although pets have been implicated in transmission of zoonoses to their owners, risk of transmission from contact with pets is low and may be further reduced by simple precautions

Leishmania major and meriones crassus in North Sinai governorate, Egypt

Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis [ZCL.] now seems to be more than was once thought in North Sinai. In the present study, Meriones crassus [23] and M. sacramenti [10] were collected from limited foci of human CL. Leishmania major [four strains] were isolated from M. crassus as indicated enzymologically by the cellulose acetate electrophoresis of nine different enzymes [MDH, 6 PGD, GD, PK, PGM, NH, GPI, ME and SOD]. The four strains were equivalent to zymodeme LON 1 [three strains] and LON 2 [one strain]