Publications

Dissertations

 1. Omar Hamarsheh (2001) PCR primer designs for detecting polymorphisms within leishmania vector              Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly. Master Thesis, Al-Quds University. Jerusalem, Palestine.

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 2. Kifaya Suliman (2001) Diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis using restriction analysis of  kinetoplast DNA polymerase chain reaction products. Master Thesis, Al-Quds University. Jerusalem, Palestine.

3. Obayda Yousef (2001) Diagnosis of viseral leishmaniasis using restriction analysis of  kinetoplast  DNA polymerase chain reaction products. Master Thesis, Al-Quds University. Jerusalem, Palestine.

Full Papers

 Abdeen, A.,  Sawalcha S., Eisenberger, C.L., Khanfar H., Greenblatt C., Yousef O., Schnur L.F., Azmi K., Warburg, A., Bader K., Jaffe C.L. & Baneth G (2002). Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis in the Jenin district, West Bank, 1989 — 1998. Am J Trop Med Hyg 66: 329-33 2002.

 Sawalcha S., Shtayeh M.S., Khanfar H., Warburg A. & Abdeen Z.(2002) Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Palestinian West Bank: potential vectors of leishmaniasis.J Med Entomol (in     press).

Leishmania Joint Project Papers

1.               Baneth, G., Dank, G., Keren, E., Sekeles, E., Adini, I., Eisenberger, C.L., Schnur, L.F., King, R. and Jaffe, C.L (1998). Emergence of visceral leishmaniasis in central Israel. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 59: 722-725.

2.                  Baneth, G. (2000). The epidemiology and treatment of canine leishmaniasis in Israel. Proceedings of the COST B9 Action Expert Meeting on Treatment of Canine Lesihmaniasis, Madrid 2000.

3.                  Baneth, G. & Jaffe, C.L. (1999). Canine visceral leishmaniasis in Israel: An overview of an emerging disease with reference to wild canids and human infection. In: Killick-Kendrick, R., ed. Canine Leishmaniasis an update. Hoechst Roussel Vet., Germany. pp. 40-43.

4.                  Eisenberger CL & Jaffe CL (1999) Leishmania: Identification of Old World species using a permissively primed intergenic polymorphic - polymerase chain reaction. Exp. Parasitol. 91: 70-77.

5.                  Jacobson, R.L. & Schlein, Y. (1999). Lectins and toxins in the plant diet of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) can kill Leishmania major promastigotes in the sand fly and in culture. Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol. 93: 351-356.

6.                  Jacobson, R.L. & Schlein, Y. (2001). Phlebotomus papatasi, Leishmania major and other trypanosomatids express a-amylase and a-glucosidase. Acta Tropica 78: 41-49.

7.                  Katz O,  Waitumbi J., Zer R. & Warburg A. (2000) Adenosine, AMP and protein phosphatase activity in sand fly saliva. Am J Trop Med  Hyg, 62: 145-150.

8.                  Schlein, Y. & Jacobson, R.L. (1999). Sugar meals and longevity of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi in an arid focus of Leishmania major in the Jordan Valley. Med. Vet. Entomol. 13: 65-71.

9.                  Schlein, Y. & Jacobson, R.L. (2000). Photosynthesis modulates the plant feeding of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae). J. Med. Entomol. (in press).

10.              Schönian  G, Akuffo H, Lewin S, Maasho K, Nylen S, Pratlong F, Eisenberger CL, Schnur LF, & Presber W (2000). Genetic variability within the species Leishmania aethiopica does not correlate with clinical variations of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Molec. Biochem. Parasitol., 106:239-248.

11.              Schönian G, Schnur L, El Fari M, Oskam L, Kolesnikov AA, Sokolowska-Köhler W, & Presber W. (2001) Genetic heterogeneity in the species Leishmania tropica revealed by different PCR-based methods. Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 95: 1-8

12.              Shamir M.,. Yakobson, B.,  Baneth, G., King, R., Dar-Verker S., Markovics A. & Aroch I. Antibodies to selected canine pathogens and infestation with intestinal helminths in golden jackals (Canis aureus) in Israel. Vet J, (In Press).

13.              Ribeiro J.M.C.,  Katz O. Pannell L., Waitumbi J. & Warburg A. (1999). Salivary glands of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi contain pharmacological amounts of adenosine and 5'-AMP. J Exp Biol, 202: 1551-1559.

14.              Zer R., Yaroslavski I.,  Rosen L.,  & Warburg A. (2001) Effect of sand fly saliva on Leishmania uptake by murine macrophages. Int J Parasitol, 31: 810-814.

15.              Wasserberg G. Abramsky Z, Kotler B.P.,. El Fari M,. Schoenian G,. Kabalo I., Schnur L, Anders G., A. & Warburg A. (2002). The Eco-epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in theWestern Negev of Israel: heterogeneity in host prevalence and its underlying ecological mechanisms. Int J Parasitol 32: 133-143.

16.              Sawalcha S., Shtayeh M.S.,  Khanfar H., Warburg A. & Abdeen Z. (2002) Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Palestinian West Bank: potential vectors of leishmaniasis. J Med Entomol (in press).

17.              Wasserberg G., Abramsky Z., Kotler  B.P., Ostfeld R. S., Yarom I .,Warburg A. (2003). Anthropogenic disturbances enhance occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Israel deserts: patterns and mechanisms. Ecol  Applications 13: (in press)

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