Morsy T A
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 1997 Aug;27(2):373-96.
The leishmaniases comprise several diseases of wide diversity of manifestations caused by different species of the genus Leishmania. They are grouped under three main headings: Cutaneous leishmaniasis, visceral leishmaniasis and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. Leishmania donovani complex which visceralize in man with a predilection for infecting cells in the viscera, particularly in the spleen and the main vectors are Phlebotomus of the "major" group. These include L.d. donovani (Asia, mainly India and China), Ld. infantum (Mediterranean countries) infects mainly children and L.d. chagasi (South America) infects adults and children. In this paper, the historical background of L. donovani and L. infantum with special reference to Egypt is given. Not all the previous references were included, but many of them were cited. Comment was given whenever indicated.
利什曼病由利什曼原虫属的不同物种引起，包括多种表现形式各异的疾病。它们主要分为三大类：皮肤利什曼病、内脏利什曼病和黏膜皮肤利什曼病。杜氏利什曼原虫复合体在人体内主要侵袭内脏，尤其偏好感染脾脏中的细胞，其主要传播媒介是“主要”类群的白蛉。其中包括杜氏利什曼原虫（亚洲，主要是印度和中国）、婴儿利什曼原虫（地中海国家），主要感染儿童，以及恰加斯利什曼原虫（南美洲），感染成人和儿童。本文介绍了杜氏利什曼原虫和婴儿利什曼原虫的历史背景，特别提及了埃及。并未涵盖所有先前的参考文献，但引用了其中许多。如有指示，则给出评论。
