title: [Isolation of Leishmania major in Phlebotomus papatasi in Biskra (Algeria). The end of an ecoepidemiological saga].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de Santé Publique, Alger.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Izri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belazzoug
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pratlong
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Rioux
mesh_terms: D000462:Algeria; D000818:Animals; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*
vernacular_title: Isolement de Leishmania major chez Phlebotomus papatasi à Biskra (Algérie). Fin d'une épopée écoépidémiologique.