Frequency of Parasite Infection in Hyraxes and Sandflies During Outbreak of Leishmania Tropica Epidemic in The West Bank

Hadassah Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00737386

leishpeduel-HMO-CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the project is to study the pathogenesis of Leishmania tropica infection in a focus of infection, to learn about relationship of infection in humans with ecological factors such as infection in hyraxes reservoir hosts and vector sandflies

Enrollment: 600 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• People living on regular basis in Peduel (the site of current leishmania tropica epidemic)with and without cutaneous signs of leishmania infection

Exclusion criteria

• None