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dc.contributor.authorRemadi, Latifa
dc.contributor.authorChargui, Najla
dc.contributor.authorJimenez, Maribel 
dc.contributor.authorMolina, Ricardo 
dc.contributor.authorHaouas, Najoua
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Estela 
dc.contributor.authorChaabane-Banaouas, Raja
dc.contributor.authorBen Salah, Eya
dc.contributor.authorHaddaji, Mohsen
dc.contributor.authorChaabouni, Yassine
dc.contributor.authorBabba, Hamouda
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-03T07:38:24Z
dc.date.available2020-04-03T07:38:24Z
dc.date.issued2020-03
dc.identifier.citationPLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Mar 26;14(3):e0008077.es_ES
dc.identifier.issn1935-2735es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/9422
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Phlebotomus (Larroussius) perniciosus and Canis familiaris are respectively the only confirmed vector and reservoir for the transmission of Leishmania (L.) infantum MON-1 in Tunisia. However, the vector and reservoir hosts of the two other zymodemes, MON-24 and MON-80, are still unknown. The aim of this study was to analyze the L. infantum life cycle in a Tunisian leishmaniasis focus. For this purpose, we have focused on: i) the detection, quantification and identification of Leishmania among this sand fly population, and ii) the analysis of the blood meal preferences of Larroussius (Lar.) subgenus sand flies to identify the potential reservoirs. METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS: A total of 3,831 sand flies were collected in seven locations from the center of Tunisia affected by human visceral leishmaniasis. The collected sand flies belonged to two genus Phlebotomus (Ph.) (five species) and Sergentomyia (four species). From the collected 1,029 Lar. subgenus female sand flies, 8.26% was positive to Leishmania by ITS1 nested PCR. Three Leishmania spp. were identified: L. infantum 28% (24/85), L. killicki 13% (11/85), and L. major 22% (19/85). To identify the blood meal sources in Ph. Lar. subgenus sand flies, engorged females were analyzed by PCR-sequencing targeting the vertebrate cytochrome b gene. Among the 177 analyzed blood-fed females, 169 samples were positive. Sequencing results showed seven blood sources: cattle, human, sheep, chicken, goat, donkey, and turkey. In addition, mixed blood meals were detected in twelve cases. Leishmania DNA was found in 21 engorged females, with a wide range of blood meal sources: cattle, chicken, goat, chicken/cattle, chicken/sheep, chicken/turkey and human/cattle. The parasite load was quantified in fed and unfed infected sand flies using a real time PCR targeting kinetoplast DNA. The average parasite load was 1,174 parasites/reaction and 90 parasites/reaction in unfed and fed flies, respectively. CONCLUSION: Our results support the role of Ph. longicuspis, Ph. perfiliewi, and Ph. perniciosus in L. infantum transmission. Furthermore, these species could be involved in L. major and L. killicki life cycles. The combination of the parasite detection and the blood meal analysis in this study highlights the incrimination of the identified vertebrate in Leishmania transmission. In addition, we quantify for the first time the parasite load in naturally infected sand flies caught in Tunisia. These findings are relevant for a better understanding of L. infantum transmission cycle in the country. Further investigations and control measures are needed to manage L. infantum transmission and its spreading.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by a grant from the EMRO/TDR Small Grants Scheme for Operational Research in Tropical and Other Communicable Diseases (No. SGS14/23); by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Tunisia and was partially supported with the facilities of the ISCIII. The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, publication fees, or preparation of the manuscript.es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLOS) es_ES
dc.type.hasVersionVoRes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titleMolecular detection and identification of Leishmania DNA and blood meal analysis in Phlebotomus (Larroussius) specieses_ES
dc.typejournal articlees_ES
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.identifier.pubmedID32214313es_ES
dc.format.volume14es_ES
dc.format.number3es_ES
dc.format.pagee0008077es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pntd.0008077es_ES
dc.description.peerreviewedes_ES
dc.identifier.e-issn1935-2735es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008077es_ES
dc.identifier.journalPLoS neglected tropical diseaseses_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Microbiologíaes_ES
dc.repisalud.institucionISCIIIes_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu_repo/grantAgreement/ES/SGS14/23es_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES


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