title: Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Saudi-Arabia: an overview.
abstract: Taking advantage of an investigation on cutaneous leishmaniosis in Saudi Arabia, the authors present an overview of the situation in three main foci: those of Riyadh and El-Khardj, El Hassa and Bisha. They present a list of the twelve species of phlebotomine sandflies found in the country and out of which predominates Phlebotomos papatasi, the possible vector of the disease in these foci.
mesh_terms: D004175:Diptera; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008403:Mass Screening; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013029:Space-Time Clustering