| entomological and epidemiological study of a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in morocco. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) due to leishmania tropica wright has become an increasingly important problem in al-haouz province, morocco. the objective of this paper was to undertake a retrospective analysis of cl between 2000 and 2006 and to study the sandfly fauna for the first time in this focus. the consultation of bulletins, registers and monthly and annual reports published by local and national medical services permitted a global synthesis of cl in al-haouz between 2000 and 2006. sandflie ... | 2008 | 18592272 |
| nocturnal activity of phlebotomine sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in chichaoua, morocco. | the nocturnal activity of phlebotomine sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) was studied "at an epidemic focus" on human cutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania tropica wright in chichaoua province, in morocco. sandflies were collected using light and sticky-paper traps changed at 2-h intervals, inside and around houses, in august and october 2004. overall, 633 sandflies, belonging to six species of phlebotomus and three of sergentomyia, were collected. sandfly activity was nocturnal and higher at ... | 2006 | 16323026 |
| entomological investigations in chichaoua: an emerging epidemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in morocco. | cutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania tropica wright seems to be an emerging disease in chichaoua, a province located in southwestern morocco. in this study, sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) were collected from 12 stations. sticky traps were placed in domestic, peridomestic, and sylvatic sites. in total, 3,787 specimens consisting of 10 species (seven phlebotomus and three sergentomiya) were identified. phlebotomus perniciosus newstead, the predominant species, was abundant, especially in m ... | 2005 | 16119562 |
| regional genetic differentiation of phlebotomus sergenti in three moroccan foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania tropica. | phlebotomus sergenti was identified morphologically in samples from three moroccan foci of leishmaniasis caused by leishmania tropica in the provinces of azilal, essaouira and taza. three primary mitochondrial dna lineages were identified, and they could be markers for regionally distributed cryptic species. greater mitochondrial diversity in azilal indicated that this central province could have been the origin of dispersal of p. sergenti or the zone of secondary contact. all except one of the ... | 2004 | 15224581 |