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