Mastomys natalensis and Tatera gambiana as probable reservoirs of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nigeria

Leishmania sp. was isolated from the livers and spleens of 4 of 56 Mastomys natalensis and one of 21 Tatera gambiana in Keana District, Nigeria; none of the rodents had cutaneous lesions. Parasites were not found in 42 Rattus rattus . Experimentally infected mice developed cutaneous lesions characte...

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Published in:Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Main Authors: Ikeh, E.I., Ajayi, J.A., Nwana, E.J.C.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1995
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Rattus rattus
Online Access:http://trstmh.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/89/1/25
https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(95)90642-8
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Summary:Leishmania sp. was isolated from the livers and spleens of 4 of 56 Mastomys natalensis and one of 21 Tatera gambiana in Keana District, Nigeria; none of the rodents had cutaneous lesions. Parasites were not found in 42 Rattus rattus . Experimentally infected mice developed cutaneous lesions characteristic of L. major infection. The organisms could not be cultivated in vitro .

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