%0 Journal Article %T Spatial correlation between Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli (Diptera: Psychodidae) and incidence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia. %+ Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Systèmes Vectoriels %+ Direction nationale des soins de santé de base [Tunis] %A Chelbi, I. %A Kaabi, B. %A Béjaoui, M. %A Derbali, M. %A Zhioua, E. %< avec comité de lecture %@ 0022-2585 %J Journal of Medical Entomology %I Entomological Society of America %V 46 %N 2 %P 400-402 %8 2009-03 %D 2009 %R 10.1603/033.046.0229 %M 19351095 %K Phlebotomus papatasi %K sand fly %K spatial distribution %K zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis %K abundance %Z Life Sciences [q-bio]Journal articles %X The geographical distribution of Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli, vector of Leishmania major Yakimoff and Schokhor (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), the etiologic agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), was assessed during September 2006 through a transect from the north to the south of Tunisia using CDC light traps. P. papatasi was found to be abundant in the arid and Saharan bioclimatic zones and rare in the humid, subhumid, and semiarid bioclimatic zones. Similarly, the highest incidence of ZCL was observed in the arid and Saharan bioclimatic zones and the lowest in the humid, subhumid, and semiarid bioclimatic zones. Our overall findings confirm the close spatial association between the abundance of P. papatasi and the incidence of ZCL. %G English %L pasteur-00612555 %U https://riip.hal.science/pasteur-00612555 %~ RIIP %~ RIIP_TUNIS