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<br><div><div id="SkyDrivePlaceholder"></div><hr id="stopSpelling"><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">From: <b class="ecxgmail_sendername">ProMED-mail</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:promed@promed.isid.harvard.edu">promed@promed.isid.harvard.edu</a>></span><br>
Date: 2012/9/25<br>Subject: PRO/AH/EDR> Leishmaniasis, cutaneous, visceral - Israel (02)<br>To: <a href="mailto:promed-ahead-edr@promedmail.org">promed-ahead-edr@promedmail.org</a><br><br><br>LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS, VISCERAL - ISRAEL (02)<br>
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Date: Thu 20 Sep 2012<br>
Source: Ynetnews<br>
<<a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2c7340%2cL-4282121%2c00.html" target="_blank">http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4282121,00.html</a>> [edited]<br>
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The Environmental Protection Ministry expressed concern over the<br>
growing number of cutaneous leishmaniasis cases reported in over the<br>
past year, and has been able to obtain NIS 10 million (roughly USD 2.6<br>
million) in government funds to curb a potential outbreak. The funds<br>
are to be allocated across 3 years.<br>
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The Health Ministry has reports of 293 patients in 2011 -- double the<br>
number of cases reported in 2010.<br>
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According to the Environmental Protection Ministry's data, over 1650<br>
people in 50 communities is Israel have contracted the Oriental sore<br>
over the past decade, especially around the Sea of Galilee, the Judea<br>
Mountains, the western Negev, the Arava, and the Beit Shean Valley.<br>
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis, commonly known as "Oriental sore," or "Aleppo<br>
boil," is a skin infection caused by a single-celled parasite. It is<br>
usually transmitted by sandflies.<br>
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The ministry appealed to the cabinet for funds meant to help at-risk<br>
communities, in the form of setting up sandfly traps and building<br>
fences to keep the rock hyrax -- which is a known carrier -- out.<br>
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"This is a difficult disease that has inflicted many and left them<br>
scarred, literally," Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan<br>
said. "After years of ignoring this hazard, the government is taking<br>
on dealing with this national infliction."<br>
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[Byline: Itay Gal]<br>
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[_Leishmania tropica_ and _L. major_ causing cutaneous leishmaniasis<br>
(CL) have been identified in jackals, foxes, and rock hyrax throughout<br>
Israel (Talmi-Frank D et al: _Leishmania tropica_ infection in golden<br>
jackals and red foxes, Israel. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010; 16(12): 1973-5;<br>
<<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294571/" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294571/</a>> and Talmi-Frank<br>
D et al: _Leishmania tropica_ in rock hyraxes (_Procavia capensis_) in<br>
a focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010;<br>
82(5): 814-8;<br>
<<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861385/" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2861385/</a>>).<br>
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CL has been slowly increasing in Israel at least over the past decade<br>
(Vinitsky O et al: Geographic and epidemiologic analysis of the<br>
cutaneous Leishmaniasis outbreak in northern Israel, 2000-2003. Isr<br>
Med Assoc J. 2010; 12(11): 652-6;<br>
<<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21243862" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21243862</a>>).<br>
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Visceral leishmaniasis, VL, caused by _Leishmania infantum_ has also<br>
returned to Israel after being absent for 30 years, with dogs as the<br>
main reservoir (Nasereddin A et al: Molecular fingerprinting of<br>
_Leishmania infantum_ strains following an outbreak of visceral<br>
leishmaniasis in central Israel. J Clin Microbiol. 2005; 43(12):<br>
6054-9; <<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1317210/" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1317210/</a>> and<br>
Hamarsheh O et al: Serological and molecular survey of _Leishmania_<br>
parasites in apparently healthy dogs in the West Bank, Palestine.<br>
Parasit Vectors. 2012; 5(1): 183;<br>
<<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937916" target="_blank">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937916</a>>). - Mod.EP<br>
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[see also:<br>
Leishmaniasis, cutaneous - Israel 20120902.1277142<br>
2011<br>
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Leishmaniasis, cutaneous - Israel 20110130.0362<br>
2004<br>
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Leishmaniasis, cutaneous - Israel 20040125.0299]<br>
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