A Newly Emerged Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus in Northern Israel and Two New Reservoir Hosts of Leishmania major

Roy Faiman; Ibrahim Abbasi; Charles Jaffe; Yoav Motro; Abdelmagid Nasereddin; Lionel F. Schnur; Moshe Torem; Francine Pratlong; Jean-Pierre Dedet; Alon Warburg

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002058

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A Newly Emerged Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus in Northern Israel and Two New Reservoir Hosts of Leishmania major

Roy Faiman ,

* E-mail: roy.faiman@mail.huji.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Ibrahim Abbasi,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Charles Jaffe,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Yoav Motro,

Affiliation Department of Vertebrates and Snails, Plant Protection and Inspection Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bet-Dagan, Israel
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Abdelmagid Nasereddin,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Lionel F. Schnur,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Moshe Torem,

Affiliation Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, M. P. Beit She'an, Israel
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Francine Pratlong,

Affiliation Université de Montpellier 1, Centre National de référence des Leishmania, UMR MIVEGEC (UM1, CNRS 5290, IRD224), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Jean-Pierre Dedet,

Affiliation Université de Montpellier 1, Centre National de référence des Leishmania, UMR MIVEGEC (UM1, CNRS 5290, IRD224), Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, CHU de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Alon Warburg

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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A Newly Emerged Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus in Northern Israel and Two New Reservoir Hosts of Leishmania major

Roy Faiman,
Ibrahim Abbasi,
Charles Jaffe,
Yoav Motro,
Abdelmagid Nasereddin,
Lionel F. Schnur,
Moshe Torem,
Francine Pratlong,
Jean-Pierre Dedet,
Alon Warburg

Published: February 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002058

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