Re-evaluation of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis status in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt

ABSTRACT

There are at least few endemic zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis [ZCL] in Sinai and Suez Canal governorates. A survey for new cases of human ZCL among outpatients with skin complaints revealed that 16 out of 100 examined were parasitologically positive for ZCL. But, no ZCL infection was found among 50 normal individuals. The typing of three human isolates proved to be Leishmania major Zymodeme London 70. Trapping and examination of the rodent reservoirs and sand-fly vector[s] were carried out