Journal of Tropical Diseases & Public Health

Mohamed Bessat

Publications

• Research Article
  Leishmaniasis: Epidemiology, Control and Future Perspectives with Special Emphasis on Egypt
  Author(s): Mohamed Bessat and Sherif El ShanatMohamed Bessat and Sherif El Shanat
  
  Leishmaniasis is a protozoan disease that is recorded in several Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries including Egypt. In Egypt, both forms of the disease that are Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL) were recorded in several geographical localities. Different Leishmania isolates were isolated from different cases of leishmaniasis where several diagnostic tests that include parasite culturing, patterns of isoenzymes, inoculation of experimental animal models and molecular methods were used to define the underlined causative organism in each case. However, several reports of conflict in these studies make it harder to compile a map of disease distribution, its prevalence, the causative Leishmania species and the type of vector sandfly involved. Another significant problem is the absence of notification system with many of disease cases were just went unr.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-891X.1000153

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