PCR diagnosis of Leishmaniasis in Israel and the West Bank [Elektronische Ressource] : development of a field applicable procedure useful for epidemiological studies / von Gerlind Anders

Aus dem Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Medizinische Fakultät Charité der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem, Israel DISSERTATION PCR Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis in Israel and the West Bank Development of a field applicable procedure useful for epidemiological studies zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor medicinae (Dr. med.) vorgelegt der Medizinischen Fakultät Charité der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin von Gerlind Anders 1 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Joachim W. Dudenhausen Gutachter: 1. Prof. Dr. med. W. Presber 2. Prof. Dr. med. W. Solbach 3. Prof. Dr. R. Lucius Datum der Promotion: 05.02.2003 2 This research has been part of a German-Israeli-Palestinian cooperation project on the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Israel and the West-Bank granted by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) The laboratory work has been carried out at the Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel 3Travel report from Palestine, 1873“The men called the illness Jericho fever or malaria. They in fact were twodifferent diseases, the men probably had both.