| [isolation of leishmania major in phlebotomus papatasi in biskra (algeria). the end of an ecoepidemiological saga]. | out of 1,167 females of sandflies dissected, one specimen of phlebotomus papatasi captured at a transmission site near biskra, a well known algerian focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, was found naturally infected with leishmania major zymodeme mon-25. this supports classical observations of sergent and al. p. papatasi as vector in this focus in 1921. | 1992 | 1642393 |
| [a social program for the control of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in m'sila, algeria]. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania major is a serious public health problem in algeria. on average, 10,000 new cases are reported every year among the 15 million people at risk of infection. with an annual incidence of 561.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, m'sila has seen the worst outbreak of the disease in algeria since the historic outbreak in biskra. the main reservoir of the disease is psammomys obesus, a gerbil that feeds exclusively on chenopodiaceae, a salt-tolerant plant under ... | 2012 | 23473045 |