title: [Visceral leishmaniasis in Algeria. Evolution of visceral leishmaniasis in the Grande Kabylie area (1985-1990)].
abstract: The authors report 285 cases of visceral leishmaniasis recorded over a 6 year-period from 1985-1990 in the Wilaya of Tizi-Ouzou (Grande Kabylie). The authors report a resurgence of this disease during the last years, with a 5 human cases per 100,000 annual prevalence and a 6 per cent of rate death, the most active part of mediterranean area appears to be the region of Grand-Kabylie. A control program in the Wilaya of Tizi-Ouzou is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Service de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur d'Algérie.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Harrat
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Berrouane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ben Abdesslam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belkaid
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tabet-Derraz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000462:Algeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: La leishmaniose viscérale en Algérie. Evolution de la leishmaniose viscérale dans le foyer de Grande Kabylie (1985-1990).