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The identification of the vector and the animal reservoir host of <jats:italic>L. killicki<\/jats:italic> is critical for the establishment of an efficient control strategy.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>blood, popliteal lymph node, spleen, bone marrow, liver and skin were collected from 50 rodents in 2009 in south western Tunisia. Samples were smeared onto glass slides, cultured on NNN medium and tested by polymerase chain reaction for <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic> detection. Parasites were detected by PCR from 10 <jats:italic>Psammomys obesus<\/jats:italic> and from two <jats:italic>Ctenodactylus gundi<\/jats:italic>. Parasite identification was performed simultaneously by internal transcribed spacer 1 PCR-RFLP and by PCR sequencing. Both <jats:italic>Leishmania major<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Leishmania killicki<\/jats:italic> were identified from infected <jats:italic>Psammomys<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Ctenodactylus gundi<\/jats:italic> respectively.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>This is the first report of <jats:italic>Leishmania killicki<\/jats:italic> identified from <jats:italic>Ctenodactylus gundi<\/jats:italic> in Tunisia. This result supports the assumption that <jats:italic>C. gundi<\/jats:italic> is a potential reservoir for <jats:italic>Leishmania killicki<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/1756-3305-4-159","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,12]],"date-time":"2011-08-12T06:40:20Z","timestamp":1313131220000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":44,"title":["First detection of Leishmania killicki (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) in Ctenodactylus gundi (Rodentia, Ctenodactylidae), a possible reservoir of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"4","author":[{"given":"Kaouther","family":"Jaouadi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Najoua","family":"Haouas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dhekra","family":"Chaara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohamed","family":"Gorcii","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Najla","family":"Chargui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Denis","family":"Augot","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francine","family":"Pratlong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Pierre","family":"Dedet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Selim","family":"Ettlijani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Habib","family":"Mezhoud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hamouda","family":"Babba","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,8,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"399_CR1","first-page":"139","volume-title":"Leishmania taxonomie et phylogen\u00e8se. 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