Bouratbine A, Aoun K, Ghrab J, Harrat Z, Ezzedini M S, Etlijani S
Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis.
Parasite. 2005 Mar;12(1):59-63. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2005121059.
Twenty cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases were notified from December 2001 to February 2002, in a small village in the district of Oueslatia (governorate of Kairouan, central Tunisia) which is an endemic focus of infantile visceral leishmaniasis due to leishmania (L.) infantum and that had never been concerned previously by CL. The parasite typing of two isolates obtained from two children that have never left the region has identified L. killicki. This species had only been reported previously in a limited focus of Tunisian Southeast. In October 2002, an epidemiological survey with isoenzym characterization of the parasite led in a well-known focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis of South-West Tunisia also revealed the presence of L. killicki. These results suggest the spread of this species and stress the need of further investigations for a better control of CL in Tunisia.
2001年12月至2002年2月期间，在突尼斯中部凯鲁万省韦斯拉提亚区的一个小村庄报告了20例皮肤利什曼病（CL）病例。该村庄是由婴儿利什曼原虫（L.）婴儿引起的婴儿内脏利什曼病的流行区，以前从未有过CL病例。从两个从未离开过该地区的儿童身上获得的两个分离株的寄生虫分型鉴定为基利克氏利什曼原虫。该物种此前仅在突尼斯东南部的一个有限区域有过报道。2002年10月，在突尼斯西南部一个著名的动物源性皮肤利什曼病流行区进行的一项寄生虫同工酶特征的流行病学调查也发现了基利克氏利什曼原虫。这些结果表明该物种正在传播，并强调需要进一步调查以更好地控制突尼斯的CL。
