Epidemiological characteristics of a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Settat, Morocco

Amarir Fatima; Sebti Faiza; Fellah Hajiba; Pratlong Francine; Jean Pierre Dedet; El mansouri Bouchra; Hmamouch Asmae; Delouane Bouchra; Habbari Khalid; Sadak Abderrahim; Ibrahim Abbasi; Rhajaoui Mohamed

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.07.020

Epidemiological characteristics of a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Settat, Morocco

Amarir Fatima, Sebti Faiza, Fellah Hajiba, Pratlong Francine, Jean Pierre Dedet, El mansouri Bouchra, Hmamouch Asmae, Delouane Bouchra, Habbari Khalid, Sadak Abderrahim, Ibrahim Abbasi, Rhajaoui Mohamed

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A new emerging focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis (HCL) caused by Leishmania tropica was identified within the province of Settat. This study was performed in order to analyze the reasons of the extension of CL in this area, and to describe the clinico-epidemiological characteristic of this emerging focus during 2007-2012. A total of 553 suspected cases of CL were diagnosed in laboratory of Settat, controlled and confirmed in reference national laboratory of leishmaniasis in Rabat. Leishmania parasite is found in 356 cases. Most of them (33.89%) were recorded in localities of Ouled Ghalem (110 cases) and Laamarcha (102 cases) of El Borouj sector. The lesions were typically small, dry and mostly located on the face and extremities. Majority of infection (25%) was recorded among children under 11 years old, and female (72%). Strains of L. tropica were identified by PCR ITS1 from positive slides and zymodeme MON-102 was typed using isoenzyme technique on starch gel electrophoresis.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	116-121
Number of pages	6
Journal	Acta Tropica
Volume	150
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.07.020
State	Published - 1 Nov 2015
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis
Leishmania tropica MON 102
Morocco
Settat

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Infectious Diseases
Parasitology

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