Investigation of natural infection of Phlebotomine (Diptera: Psychodidae) by Leishmania in Tunisian endemic regions

Autor: Melek Chaouch, Amal Chaabane, Chiraz Ayari, Souad Ben Othman, Denis Sereno, Jomaa Chemkhi, Souha BenAbderrazak

Publikováno v: Parasite Epidemiology and Control, Vol 14, Iss , Pp e00212- (2021)

Leishmaniases are caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania transmitted by females blood-feeding phlebotomine insects (Diptera: Psychodidae). In Tunisia, cutaneous and visceral leishmaniases are of public health concern. In Tunisia, 17 sp

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High-resolution melting analysis identifies reservoir hosts of zoonotic Leishmania parasites in Tunisia

Autor: Moufida Derghal, Abir Tebai, Ghofrane Balti, Hajer Souguir-Omrani, Jomaa Chemkhi, Adel Rhim, Ali Bouattour, Ikram Guizani, Youmna M’Ghirbi, Souheila Guerbouj

Publikováno v: Parasites & Vectors
Parasites & Vectors, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2022)

Background Leishmaniasis is endemic in Tunisia and presents with different clinical forms, caused by the species Leishmania infantum, Leishmania major, and Leishmania tropica. The life cycle of Leishmania is complex and involves several phlebotomine

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34996507

First detection of Leishmania major DNA in Sergentomyia ( Sintonius ) clydei (Sinton, 1928, Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), from an outbreak area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia

Autor: Ahmed Tabbabi, Souad Ben Othman, Jomaa Chemkhi, Roser Fisa, Chiraz Ayari, Souha BenAbderrazak, Afif Ben Salah

Publikováno v: Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 39:241-248

In recent years there has been growing interest in Sergentomyia species. Their role in the spread of mammalian leishmaniasis appears repeatedly in the literature and the possibility of its implication in Leishmania transmission to humans remains cont

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2015.10.030

First detection of Leishmania DNA in Psammomys obesus and Psammomys vexillaris: Their potential involvement in the epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Tunisia

Autor: Cristina Riera, M. Magdalena Alcover, Beatriz Cancino-Faure, Melek Chaouch, Riadh Ben Ismail, Roser Fisa, Chiraz Ayari, Wissem Ghawar, Míriam Tomás-Pérez, Jomaa Chemkhi, Souha Ben Abderrazak, Afif Ben Salah, Souad Ben Othman

Publikováno v: Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases. 59

Leishmaniasis, a public health problem in Tunisia, are diseases caused by different Leishmania species. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is present from the North to the South under different forms, due to Leishmania (L.) major, L. infantum or L. tropica. Whe

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29413886

Natural infection of Algerian hedgehog, Atelerix algirus (Lereboullet 1842) with Leishmania parasites in Tunisia

Autor: Jomaa Chemkhi, Insaf Bel Hadj Ali, Hejer Souguir, Souheila Guerbouj, Ikram Guizani, Mehdi Driss

Publikováno v: Acta Tropica
Acta Tropica, Elsevier, 2015, 150, pp.42-51. ⟨10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.009⟩
Acta Tropica, Elsevier, 2015, 150, pp.42-51. <10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.06.009>

International audience; In Tunisia, Leishmania parasites are responsible of visceral leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania infantum species while three cutaneous disease forms are documented: chronic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania killicki,

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https://hal-riip.archives-ouvertes.fr/pasteur-01375032