Petrisceva P A
Bull World Health Organ. 1971;44(4):567-76.
The paper contains up-to-date information on the occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in natural foci in the USSR. Data are given on the vertebrates that are the main carriers and reservoirs of leishmaniae, the phlebotomines that are the vectors of the parasite, and the conditions required for the independent existence of foci of infection unlinked with any human economic activity.The main achievements of Soviet investigators in research on natural foci are described, a preliminary schema is given for typing foci by the nature of the terrain, and there is also an account of biocoenoses in the wild animal burrows that constitute the primary natural unit foci. The biology and ecology of the main hosts of leishmaniae, the interrelationships between leishmaniae, vertebrate animals, and phlebotomines, and the conditions required for infection of human beings with leishmaniae are also discussed.
该论文包含了苏联自然疫源地皮肤利什曼病发生情况的最新信息。文中给出了作为利什曼原虫主要携带者和储存宿主的脊椎动物、作为该寄生虫传播媒介的白蛉，以及与任何人类经济活动无关的感染疫源地独立存在所需条件的数据。描述了苏联研究人员在自然疫源地研究方面的主要成果，给出了根据地形性质对疫源地进行分类的初步方案，还介绍了构成主要自然疫源地基本单位的野生动物洞穴中的生物群落。此外，还讨论了利什曼原虫主要宿主的生物学和生态学、利什曼原虫、脊椎动物和白蛉之间的相互关系，以及人类感染利什曼原虫所需的条件。
