Leishmania major Yakimoff et Schokhor, 1914 (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Meriones shawi Duvernoy, 1842 (Rodentia: Gerbillidae): Persistence of the infection in meriones and its infectivity for the sand fly vector (Phlebotomus) papatasi Scopoli, 1786 (Diptera: Psychodidae);Leishmania major Yakimoff et Schokhor, 1914 (Kinetoplastida : Trypanosomatidae) chez Meriones shawi Duvernoy, 1842 (Rodentia : Gerbillidae) : Persistance de l'infection du mérion et de son infectivité pour le phlébotome vecteur Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) papatasi Scopoli, 1786 (Diptera : Psychodidae)

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-402

  Derbali, M ^a   Chelbi, I ^a   Ben Hadj Ahmed, S ^a,b   Zhioua, E ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Leishmania major; Maghreb; Meriones shawi; North Africa; Phlebotomus papatasi; Tunisia; Xenodiagnosis; Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERBIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MEAL; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SEASON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MEALS; PHLEBOTOMUS; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84871658526     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13149-012-0259-4     Document Type: Article

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