title: Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia: presence of Leishmania killicki outside its original focus of Tataouine.
abstract: The first three documented cases of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania killicki are reported from locations outside the original focus of Tataouine in southeast Tunisia. Three strains were isolated from three patients from Gafsa, Sidi Bouzid and Seliana indicating an extension of this parasite's range towards the centre and the north of Tunisia.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie (99UR/08-05), Faculté de Pharmacie, Département de Biologie, Clinique B, 1 Rue Avicenne, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia. najoua.h@laposte.net
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haouas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chargui
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chaker
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ben Said
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Babba
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Belhadj
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kallel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pratlong
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dedet
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mezhoud
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Azaiez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D007891:Leishmania / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000201:enzymology / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes