leishmaniasis in central and southern tunisia: current geographical distribution of zymodemes. | the authors report the identification of leishmania strains isolated from the centre and the south of tunisia. 266 strains were isolated between 1998 and 2006 from human (n=221 strains) and dogs (n=45 strains) hosts. the isoenzymatic identification exhibits the presence of in total five zymodemes belonging to three leishmanio complexes: leishmania infantum, l. major and l. killicki. all strains isolated from human and canine visceral leishmaniasis belonged to l. infantum. zymodeme mon-1 was the ... | 2007 | 17933302 |
[epidemiology of leishmania (l.) infantum, l. major and l. killicki in tunisia: results and analysis of the identification of 226 human and canine isolates]. | the epidemiological situation of leishmaniasis in tunisia is characterised by the co-existence in a very limited territory (165,000 km2, sahara included), of 4 clinical forms: the infantile visceral leishmaniasis (vl) and 3 cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) forms (sporadic, zoonotic and chronic). in addition to the useful epidemiological data, identification of the causative parasitic species is essential to determine the geographic distribution of each form and to select appropriate therapeutic proc ... | 2008 | 18956815 |
spread of leishmania killicki to central and south-west tunisia. | twenty cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) cases were notified from december 2001 to february 2002, in a small village in the district of oueslatia (governorate of kairouan, central tunisia) which is an endemic focus of infantile visceral leishmaniasis due to leishmania (l.) infantum and that had never been concerned previously by cl. the parasite typing of two isolates obtained from two children that have never left the region has identified l. killicki. this species had only been reported previously ... | 2005 | 15828583 |
[cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania infantum mon-24 in tunisia: extension of the focus to the center of the country]. | three clinico-epidemiological forms of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) were described in tunisia: the zoonotic cl (zcl) epidemic which occurred in the centre of the country caused by leishmania major mon-25, the chronic cl (ccl) in the south-east of the country caused by leishmania killicki mon-8 and the sporadic cl in the north (scl) caused by leishmania infantum mon-24. the latter form, described in 1991, prevails in northern tunisia with approximately thirty cases per year. its vector, unknown f ... | 2008 | 18432004 |
[epidemiological and clinical features of cutaneous leishmaniasis in kairouan-tunisia and characteristics in children]. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) remains highly endemic in tunisia. the governorate of kairouan (center) is one of the most affected particularly by zoonotic form due to leishmania major. the purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical and therapeutic features of the disease in this governorate and to identify any particularities in children. three hundred and ninety cases were registered over 2 years (2012 and 2013). the average age was 29 years one month [± 22.7] (34.6% of ... | 2016 | 26850105 |
ecological niche modeling for the prediction of the geographic distribution of cutaneous leishmaniasis in tunisia. | cutaneous leishmaniasis is a very complex disease involving multiple factors that limit its emergence and spatial distribution. prediction of cutaneous leishmaniasis epidemics in tunisia remains difficult because most of the epidemiological tools used so far are descriptive in nature and mainly focus on a time dimension. the purpose of this work is to predict the potential geographic distribution of phlebotomus papatasi and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania major in tunisia u ... | 2016 | 26856914 |
first detection of leishmania major dna in sergentomyia (sintonius) clydei (sinton, 1928, psychodidae: phlebotominae), from an outbreak area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in tunisia. | in recent years there has been growing interest in sergentomyia species. their role in the spread of mammalian leishmaniasis appears repeatedly in the literature and the possibility of its implication in leishmania transmission to humans remains controversial. sergentomyia (sintonius) clydei is one of several cryptic species sharing therefore common morphologic criteria with others species of the subgenera sintonius. little is known about this specie in tunisia. we sampled and identified differe ... | 2016 | 26538476 |
spatio-temporal genetic structuring of leishmania major in tunisia by microsatellite analysis. | in tunisia, cases of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania major are increasing and spreading from the south-west to new areas in the center. to improve the current knowledge on l. major evolution and population dynamics, we performed multi-locus microsatellite typing of human isolates from tunisian governorates where the disease is endemic (gafsa, kairouan and sidi bouzid governorates) and collected during two periods: 1991-1992 and 2008-2012. analysis (f-statistics and bayesian ... | 2015 | 26302440 |