[Isolation of Leishmania major Yakimoff and Shokhor, 1914 (Kinetoplastida-Trypanosomatidae) in Meriones shawi-shawi (Duvernoy, 1842) (Rodentia-Gerbillidae) in Tunisia].
Leishmania major, agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, has been isolated from the rodent Meriones shawi shawi in central Tunisia. As a result, the North saharan arid mediterranean area can be considered as epidemiologically homogeneous.
D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000469:parasitology; D014416:Tunisia
Isolement de Leishmania major Yakimoff et Schokhor, 1914 [Kinetoplastida-Trypanosomatidae] chez Meriones shawi shawi (Duvernoy, 1842) [Rodentia-Gerbillidae] en Tunisie.