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Leishmaniasis
Reports outline leishmaniasis research from S. Boussaa and colleagues
March 24th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, "The Moroccan province of Al Haouz is an emerging focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica. In an entomological investigation of three communes in the province (Ourika, Stti Fatma and Rhmate), 3440 sandflies were collected on sticky traps in 2005-2007." "Of the six Phlebotomus species caught, Phlebotomus papatasi (13.3% of the total collection), P. sergenti (12.8%) and P. perniciosus (12.8%) were predominant, followed by P. longicuspis (7.9%), P. ariasi (2.6%) and P. alexandri (1.1%). All the other sandflies were Sergentomyia fallax...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-03-24)
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