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Geographical localization of samples. A: Map of Tunisia, with Tataouine governorate highlighted in green; B: Districts of Tataouine governorate; C: Localization of the samples; villages are indicated with red asterisks. Pie charts represent Leishmania species frequencies for each locality.
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Sixty-four Leishmania samples were isolated from patients in several villages in the Tataouine governorate, southeast Tunisia. This region is known to be a mixed focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (L.) killicki (synonymous L. tropica) and L. Major. To identify the Leishmania species in this governorate, a nested polymerase...
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... 10 26′57.28″ East and an altitude of C. 300 m above sea level [35] (Figure 1). Tataouine is characterized by its vast area (23.7% of the country) and by its international frontiers (Libya and Algeria). ...