Spatial Correlation BetweenPhlebotomus papatasiScopoli (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Incidence of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Tunisia | Zendy

Ifhem Chelbi | Zendy; Belhassen Kâabi | Zendy; M. Béjaoui | Zendy; Mohamed Derbali | Zendy; Elyes Zhioua | Zendy

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Spatial Correlation BetweenPhlebotomus papatasiScopoli (Diptera: Psychodidae) and Incidence of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Tunisia

Author(s) -

Ifhem Chelbi,

Belhassen Kâabi,

M. Béjaoui,

Mohamed Derbali,

Elyes Zhioua

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of medical entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1938-2928

pISSN - 0022-2585

DOI - 10.1603/033.046.0229

Subject(s) - psychodidae , biology , transect , cutaneous leishmaniasis , phlebotomus , leishmaniasis , arid , vector (molecular biology) , veterinary medicine , leishmania major , ecology , leishmania , immunology , parasite hosting , medicine , biochemistry , world wide web , computer science , gene , recombinant dna

The geographical distribution of Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli, vector of Leishmania major Yakimoff and Schokhor (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), the etiologic agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), was assessed during September 2006 through a transect from the north to the south of Tunisia using CDC light traps. P. papatasi was found to be abundant in the arid and Saharan bioclimatic zones and rare in the humid, subhumid, and semiarid bioclimatic zones. Similarly, the highest incidence of ZCL was observed in the arid and Saharan bioclimatic zones and the lowest in the humid, subhumid, and semiarid bioclimatic zones. Our overall findings confirm the close spatial association between the abundance of P. papatasi and the incidence of ZCL.

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