| Autor: |
Zida A; Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Charles de Gaulles street, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7022 Ouaga 03, Burkina Faso.; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Entomologie, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé de Bobo-Dioulasso Université Nazi Boni, 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso., Sangare I; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Entomologie, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé de Bobo-Dioulasso Université Nazi Boni, 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.; Centre MURAZ, B.P. 390 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Avenue Mamadou Konate, Burkina Faso., Nezien D; Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Charles de Gaulles street, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7022 Ouaga 03, Burkina Faso.; Institut International des Sciences et Technologies (IISTech), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, BP 5572 Ouagadougou 02, Secteur 16, Burkina Faso., Bretagne S; Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine Paris XII and Hôpital Chenevier-Henri, Mondor (APHP), rue du Général Sarrail 94010, Créteil, France., Bamba S; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Entomologie, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé de Bobo-Dioulasso Université Nazi Boni, 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso., Deniau M; Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Faculté de Médecine Paris XII and Hôpital Chenevier-Henri, Mondor (APHP), rue du Général Sarrail 94010, Créteil, France., Guiguemde RT; Unité de Formation et de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé, Université Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Charles de Gaulles street, Ouagadougou 03 BP 7022 Ouaga 03, Burkina Faso.; Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie-Entomologie, Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé de Bobo-Dioulasso Université Nazi Boni, 01 BP 1091 Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.; Centre MURAZ, B.P. 390 Bobo-Dioulasso 01, Avenue Mamadou Konate, Burkina Faso. |
| Abstrakt: |
Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso, was recognized as a focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniosis in April 2000. Leishmania major was the only strain isolated in this focus. We conducted a prospective study to detect L. major in rodents, animals which are described as reservoir of the parasite. Rodents were caught in five city areas from November 2005 to October 2006. Giemsa stained smears were realized from the cutaneous lesions when present after macroscopic examination of external lesions. The spleen of each rodent was sterilely removed and split into 3 parts for microscopic examination of smears, culture on NNN media and PCR, respectively. A total of 101 rodents belonging to 9 genera were trapped. All the direct examinations and cultures were negative. By using PCR of lesions and spleen samples, three animals were found infected by L. major: one out of 24 (4.2%) Mastomys natalensis; one out of 8 (12.5%) Taterillus sp. and one out of three Cricetomys gambianus. This is the first detection of L. major in rodent species in Burkina Faso. Further studies are needed to confirm their role as reservoirs of L. major. |
