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Table 1.

Vectors and reservoir hosts of Leishmania species involved in cutaneous leishmaniasis in North African countries.

Leishmania species Vector Reservoir host
L. major Yakimoff and Schokhor, 1914 Phlebotomus papatasi Psammomys obesus, Meriones shawi, M. libycus, Egypt: M. crassus
L. tropica Wright, 1903 P. sergenti Morocco: Man, Domestic dog? Egypt: Gerbillus pyramidum?
L. tropica MON-8 (L. killicki Rioux, Lanotte & Pratlong, 1986) P. sergenti Tunisia: Ctenodactylus gundi Algeria, Libya: Probably gundi
L. infantum Nicolle, 1908 P. perfiliewi, P. perniciosus, P. longicuspis, P. ariasi Domestic dog

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