Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 299-301, May 2004

Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica MON-102 in a new Moroccan focus

  • M Rhajaoui

      Affiliations

    • Departement de Parasitologie, Institut National d’Hygiène, P.O. Box 769, Avenue Ibn Batouta, Rabat-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
    • ,
  • H Fellah

      Affiliations

    • Departement de Parasitologie, Institut National d’Hygiène, P.O. Box 769, Avenue Ibn Batouta, Rabat-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
    • ,
  • F Pratlong

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, CHU de Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • J.P Dedet

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre National de Référence des Leishmania, CHU de Montpellier, France
    • ,
  • M Lyagoubi

      Affiliations

    • Departement de Parasitologie, Institut National d’Hygiène, P.O. Box 769, Avenue Ibn Batouta, Rabat-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +212-37-681653; fax: +212-37-772067.

Received 23 April 2003; received in revised form 30 September 2003; accepted 30 September 2003.

Abstract 

In Morocco, between March and April 2002, large numbers of human leihsmaniasis cases were detected during a survey at Zouagha My Yacoub province in Fès State. Among 95 cases, 76 were positive by direct observation of Giemsa-stained smears. Sixteen stocks were isolated in NNN medium and identified as Leishmania tropica MON-102, using isoenzyme techniques on starch gel electrophoresis.

Keywords:  Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Leishmania tropica, Morocco

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PII: S0035-9203(03)00071-3

doi:10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00071-3

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 98, Issue 5 , Pages 299-301, May 2004

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