Temporal dynamics and impact of climate factors on the incidence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Tunisia.

Temporal dynamics and impact of climate factors on the incidence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central Tunisia.

Old world Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a vector-borne human disease caused by Leishmania major, a unicellular eukaryotic parasite transmitted by pool blood-feeding sand flies mainly to wild rodents, such as Psammomys obesus. The human beings who share the rodent and sand fly habitats ca...

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Main Authors:	Amine Toumi, Sadok Chlif, Jihene Bettaieb, Nissaf Ben Alaya, Aicha Boukthir, Zaher E Ahmadi, Afif Ben Salah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3341328?pdf=render

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