Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia: Presence of Leishmania killicki outside its original focus of Tataouine

• Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Vol. 99; no. 7; pp. 499 - 501
• Main Authors: Haouas, N., Chargui, N., Chaker, E., Ben Said, M., Babba, H., Belhadj, S., Kallel, K., Pratlong, F., Dedet, J.-P., Mezhoud, H., Azaiez, R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2005; Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Animals; Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Endemic Diseases; General aspects; Humans; Isoenzymes - analysis; Leishmania - enzymology; Leishmania - isolation & purification; Leishmania killicki MON-8; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - enzymology; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - epidemiology; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - parasitology; Male; Medical sciences; Tunisia; Tunisia - epidemiology; Tunisia; Africa; Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmania killicki MON-8; Tunisia; Case study; Human; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Tropical medicine
• ISSN: 0035-9203; 1878-3503
• DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.11.012

The first three documented cases of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania killicki are reported from locations outside the original focus of Tataouine in southeast Tunisia. Three strains were isolated from three patients from Gafsa, Sidi Bouzid and Seliana indicating an extension of this parasite's range towards the centre and the north of Tunisia.