Cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a protozoan disease well docu mented not only in Egypt, but in nearly all the East Mediterranean Countries. Sinai Peninsula was a sparsely populated area where spo radic cases of ZCL were reported with the reconstruction of Sinai and people coming in and out, it was indicated to study the status of ZCL in North Sinai Govemorate, the reservoir host(s) and insect vector(s) in Sinai. In the present study, the six species of rodents were trapped from areas or nearby areas where human ZCL cases were detected. Rodents (50) were Mus musculus (10), Rattus r. alexandrinus (18), R. zorvegicus (2), Gerbillus gerbillus (4), G. pyramiduin (12) and Jacu ins jaculus (4). The rodents were examined clinically for any skin le sion or even nodule, particularly in head and tail. One G. pyrainidum had natural infection with L. major as indicated by smears and cul ture. but typing was not done. The spot light surveys for Phlebotoinus were carried out by the sticky paper traps and the CDC light traps in four main centers; Al Hassanah, Nakhil, Al Arish, and Bir Al-Abd. A total of 1320 sandflies were identified. They were P. papatasi (1150) and P. sergenti (170) in a ratio of 7:1. A total of three isolates of zym odeme London 70 undistinguished from the formerly obtained human and rodent isolates were enzymatically identified in P. papatasi.
Keywords: North Sinai, Leishinania major, Phiebotomus papatasi, P. sergenri, Mus inusculus, Rattus alexandrinus, R. norvegicus, Gerbillus gerbillus, G. pyramidum and Jaculus jaculus, ZCL.
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