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

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00737386

Enrollment

600

Registered

2008-08-19

Start date

2009-09-30

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2011-08-16

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Conditions

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Keywords

Leishmania tropica, Hyrax, Sandfly

Brief summary

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

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

3 Years to 80 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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

Countries

Israel

Outcome results