red fox, vulpes v. Aegyptiaca, a new host of leishmania major in Sinai peninsula

ABSTRACT

A leishmanial isolate was obtained from the ear of one red fox or Nile fox [Vulpes v. aegyptiaca] out of eight from North Sinai Governorate. The isolate was typed by the enzymatic variant profiles of the four enzymes, GPI, G6PD, 6PGD and PGM against the three old world reference strains, L. major, L. Tropica and L. Donovani and proved to be Leishmania major. This is the second time that L. major appeared to occur in canine hosts. The list of the mammalian hosts of L. Major was reviewed and discussed