| 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 |
| use of pcr, ifat and in vitro culture in the detection of leishmania infantum infection in dogs and evaluation of the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis in a low endemic area in tunisia. | the aim of this study was to assess the use of parasitological, serological and molecular methods for the detection of leishmania infection in blood of 67 dogs and to investigate the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis (canl) in kairouan (central tunisia), an area known to be of reduced endemicity and has not been studied since 1973. veterinarians clinically examined all dogs, and the titer of anti-leishmania antibodies was determined by indirect immune-fluorescence antibody test. the presence of ... | 2009 | 19353954 |