Phlebotomine sand flies and Leishmania species in a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Algeria.

• Main Authors: Roumaissa Gherbi (Author), Mustapha Bounechada (Author), Maria Stefania Latrofa (Author), Giada Annoscia (Author), Viviana Domenica Tarallo (Author), Filipe Dantas-Torres (Author), Domenico Otranto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a disease caused by various Leishmania spp., which are transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies. Algeria is one of the most affected countries, with thousands of cutaneous leishmaniasis cases registered every year. From March to November of 2016 and 2017, sand flies were col...