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*Result*: Phenology of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera : Psychodidae) relative to the seasonal prevalence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Tunisia

Title:
Phenology of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera : Psychodidae) relative to the seasonal prevalence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Tunisia
Authors:
Chelbi, I., Derbali, M., Al-Ahmadi, Z., Zaafouri, B., El Fahem, A., Zhioua, E.
Contributors:
Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Systèmes Vectoriels, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Pasteur Network (Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur)-Pasteur Network (Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur), Service Régional de Soins de Santé de Base Sidi-Bouzid, We thank Mbarka Massoudi for technical assistance. We also thank Prof. Richard Ward and Gordon Hamilton for reviewing the manuscript. The results presented here are part of the Ph.D. dissertation of I.C
Source:
ISSN: 0022-2585 ; Journal of Medical Entomology ; https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-01375228 ; Journal of Medical Entomology, 2007, 44 (2), pp.385-388. ⟨10.1093/jmedent/44.2.385⟩.
Publisher Information:
CCSD
Entomological Society of America
Publication Year:
2007
Collection:
Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur, Paris: HAL-RIIP
Subject Terms:
phenology, prevalence, zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, sand fly, Phlebotomus papatasi, MESH: Animals, MESH: Humans, MESH: Temperature, MESH: Time Factors, MESH: Tunisia/epidemiology, MESH: Zoonoses/epidemiology, MESH: Insect Control/methods, MESH: Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/epidemiology, MESH: Phlebotomus/classification, MESH: Phlebotomus/physiology, MESH: Population Density, MESH: Prevalence, MESH: Seasons, MESH: Sheep, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], [SDV.MP.PAR]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology/Parasitology
Document Type:
*Academic Journal* article in journal/newspaper
Language:
English
Relation:
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/17427714; PUBMED: 17427714
DOI:
10.1093/jmedent/44.2.385
Availability:
https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-01375228
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/44.2.385
Accession Number:
edsbas.B66B2AB6
Database:
BASE

*Further Information*

*International audience ; The population density of Phlebotomuspapatasi Scopoli (Diptera: Psychodidae), vector of Leishmania major Yakimoff & Schokhor (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), the etiologic agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), was assessed May-November 2005 in central Tunisia by using sticky traps. The densities of P. papatasi were found to peak in early spring and again in the autumn. The lowest densities were observed in August. Prevalence of ZCL in the governorate of Sidi Bouzid peaks in December, 3 to 3.5 mo after the fall sand fly population peak, suggesting a close temporal association with the abundance of P. papatasi.*