Morsy T A, Sabry A H, Rifaat M M, Wahba M M
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 1996 Aug;26(2):375-81.
In the Middle East, the fat sand rat Psammomys obesus is the most important reservoir host of zoonotic cutaneous leishmamiasis (ZCL). It is the most incriminated host in outbreaks. Two P. obesus caught in Wadi El Gedeiret (Al Arish, North Sinai) were found naturally infected with Leishmania major as indicated by enzyme electrophoresis. In Egypt, the already known reservoir hosts are Gerbillus pyramidum I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1825; Meriones crassus Sundevall, 1984 and Meriones sacramenti Thomas, 1922. The hostal role of P. obesus was discussed.
在中东地区，肥沙鼠（Psammomys obesus）是动物源性皮肤利什曼病（ZCL）最重要的储存宿主。它是疫情爆发中最受牵连的宿主。在瓦迪盖代雷特（北西奈省阿里什）捕获的两只肥沙鼠经酶电泳检测发现自然感染了硕大利什曼原虫。在埃及，已知的储存宿主有埃及沙鼠（Gerbillus pyramidum I. Geoffroy St. Hilaire，1825年）、肥尾心颅跳鼠（Meriones crassus Sundevall，1984年）和圣祭心颅跳鼠（Meriones sacramenti Thomas，1922年）。文中讨论了肥沙鼠作为宿主的作用。
