Hussein M S
Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1983 Feb;77(1):27-33. doi: 10.1080/00034983.1983.11811669.
Studies in Kuwait have suggested that sandflies feed on man and domestic animals, but not on rodents in different habitats. Of 1129 feral and wild rodents, none showed evidence of leishmanial infection nor did their incidental lesions resemble those produced by inoculating a human strain. Five out of 30 patients with lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis claimed they had never been outside the country, but the validity of these claims is questioned. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kuwait is essentially an imported disease, with no substantial evidence that it is yet endemic.
科威特的研究表明，白蛉以人类和家畜为食，但在不同栖息地不以啮齿动物为食。在1129只野生和野外啮齿动物中，没有一只显示出利什曼原虫感染的迹象，它们的偶然损伤也与接种人类菌株所产生的损伤不同。30例皮肤利什曼病患者中有5例声称他们从未出过国，但这些说法的真实性受到质疑。科威特的皮肤利什曼病基本上是一种输入性疾病，没有充分证据表明它已成为地方病。
