Journal of Medical Entomology · 2009 · 59 citations · 15 references
Veterinary MedicineEntomologyInfectious DiseasesParasite EpidemiologyParasitologyZoonotic Disease EpidemiologyParasite DistributionParasitic ProtozoaParasitic ZoonosesSpatial Ecology Of ParasitesZoonotic Parasite EpidemiologyZoonotic Parasitic DiseasesGeographical Distribution AnalysisKinetoplastid ParasitesLeishmaniasis Of The SkinLeishmaniasis PathogenesisLeishmaniasis PathologyLeishmaniasis Vector BiologyLight TrapsVisceral Leishmaniasis
The geographical distribution of Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli, vector of Leishmania major Yakimoff and Schokhor (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), the etiologic agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), was assessed during September 2006 through a transect from the north to the south of Tunisia using CDC light traps. P. papatasi was found to be abundant in the arid and Saharan bioclimatic zones and rare in the humid, subhumid, and semiarid bioclimatic zones. Similarly, the highest incidence of ZCL was observed in the arid and Saharan bioclimatic zones and the lowest in the humid, subhumid, and semiarid bioclimatic zones. Our overall findings confirm the close spatial association between the abundance of P. papatasi and the incidence of ZCL.
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Non-parametric Statistical Inference
J. Wolfowitz · Project Euclid (Cornell University) · 1949 · 171 citations