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2018

JABER HT, HAILU A, PRATLONG F, LAMI P, BASTIEN P, JAFFE CL. Analysis of genetic polymorphisms and tropism in East African Leishmania donovani by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism and kDNA minicircle sequencing. Infect Genet Evol. 2018; 65:80-90.

EL HAJJ R, BOU YOUNESS H, LACHAUD L, BASTIEN P, MASQUEFA C, BONNET PA, EL HAJJ H, KHALIFEH I. EAPB0503: an Imiquimod analog with potent in vitro activity against cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2018; 12(11):e0006854. doi: 0.1371/journal.pntd.0006854

2017

LACHAUD L, FERNANDEZ-AREVALO A, NORMAND AC, LAMI P, NABET C, DONNADIEU JL, PIARROUX M, DJENAD F, CASSAGNE C, RAVEL C, TEBAR S, LLOVET T, BLANCHET D, DEMAR M, HARRAT Z, AOUN K, BASTIEN P, MUÑOZ C, GALLEGO M, PIARROUX R. Identification of Leishmania by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometry Using a Free Web-Based Application and a Dedicated Mass-Spectral Library. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2017; 55(10):2924-2933.

SIMON S, NACHER M, CARME B, BASURKO C, ROGER A, ADENIS A, GINOUVES M, DEMAR M, COUPPIE P. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: revising epidemiology with PCR-RFLP. Trop Med Health. 2017; 45:5.

GINOUVES M, SIMON S, NACHER M, DEMAR M, CARME B, COUPPIE P, PREVOT G. In Vitro Sensitivity of Cutaneous Leishmania Promastigote Isolates Circulating in French Guiana to a Set of Drugs. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2017; 96(5):1143-1150.

TIRERA S, GINOUVES M, DONATO D, CABALLERO IS, BOUCHIER C, LAVERGNE A, BOURREAU E, MOSNIER E, VANTILCKE V, COUPPIÉ P, PREVOT G, LACOSTE V. Unraveling the genetic diversity and phylogeny of Leishmania RNA virus 1 strains of infected Leishmania isolates circulating in French Guiana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017; 11(7):e0005764.

AKHOUNDI M, DOWNING T, VOTÝPKA J, KUHLS K, LUKES J, CANNET A, RAVEL C, MARTY P, DELAUNAY P, KASBARI M, GRANOUILLAC B, GRADONI L, SERENO D. Leishmania infections: Molecular targets and diagnosis. Mol Aspects Med. 2017; 57:1-29.

2016

Evidence of a drug-specific impact of experimentally selected paromomycin and miltefosine resistance on parasite fitness in Leishmania infantum. Hendrickx S, Beyers J, Mondelaers A, Eberhardt E, Lachaud L, Delputte P, Cos P, Maes L. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016 Apr 15. pii: dkw096.

Pratlong F, Balard Y, Lami P, Talignani L, Ravel C, Dereure J, Lefebvre M, Serres G, Bastien P, Dedet JP. The Montpellier Leishmania Collection, from a Laboratory Collection to a Biological Resource Center: A 39-Year-Long Story. Biopreserv Biobank. 2016; 14(6):470-479.

Hartley MA, Bourreau E, Rossi M, Castiglioni P, Eren RO, Prevel F, Couppié P, Hickerson SM, Launois P, Beverley SM, Ronet C, Fasel N. Leishmaniavirus-Dependent Metastatic Leishmaniasis Is Prevented by Blocking IL-17A. PLoS Pathog. 2016; 12:e1005852

Van der Auwera G, Bart A, Chicharro C, Cortes S, Davidsson L, Di Muccio T, Dujardin JC, Felger I, Paglia MG, Grimm F, Harms G, Jaffe CL, Manser M, Ravel C, Robert-Gangneux F, Roelfsema J, Töz S, Verweij JJ, Chiodini PL. Comparison of Leishmania typing results obtained from 16 European clinical laboratories in 2014. EuroSurveill. 2016; 21(49).

Daval N, Marchal C, Guillaumot L, Hüe T, Ravel C, Keck N, Kasbari M. First report of autochthonous non-vectorial canine leishmaniasis in New Caledonia, south-western Pacific: implications for new control measures and recommendations on importation of dogs. Parasit Vectors 2016; 9:108.

Nath-Chowdhury M, Sangaralingam M, Bastien P, Ravel C, Pratlong F, Mendez J, Libman M, Ndao M. Real-time PCR using FRET technology for Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis species differentiation. Parasit .Vectors 2016; 9:255.

Özbilgin A, Çulha G, Uzun S, Harman M, Topal SG, Okudan F, Zeyrek F, Gündüz C, Östan İ, Karakuş M, Töz S, Kurt Ö, Akyar I, Erat A, Güngör D, Kayabaşı Ç, Çavuş İ, Bastien P, Pratlong F, Kocagöz T, Özbel Y. Leishmaniasis in Turkey: first clinical isolation of Leishmania major from 18 autochthonous cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in four geographical regions. Trop Med Int Health. 2016 ;21(6):783-91.

Chapitres d’ouvrages

Bastien P., Lachaud L.  » Leishmanioses ». In : Encyclopédie Médico-Chirurgicale, 2016, 8-506-A- 10.

Couppié P. Leishmanioses cutanées. In : Dermatologie et infections sexuellement transmissibles (Saurat JH, Lachapelle JM, Lipsker D, Thomas L, Borradori L.). Ed. Elsevier Masson SAS, Paris, 2017. pp. 196-198.

2015

Dedet J.P., Pratlong F., Bastien P. Existe-t-il un risque d’installation d’une nouvelle espèce de Leishmania en France méditerranéenne. Bulletin épidémiologique Santé animale-alimentation, 2015, 66 : 70.

Amarir F., Sebti F., Fellah H., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Hmamoucha A., Abassi I., Rhajaoui M. Epidemiological characteristic of a new focus of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Settat, Morocco. Acta tropica, 2015, 150 : 116-121.

Bastien P, Volf P, Depaquit J, Dondji B, Gallego M, Gangneux JP, Izri A, Marty P, Piarroux R, Pratlong F, Dedet JP. Comments on Leishmania major in Gorilla Feces. J Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 1;212(3):505-6.

Austrup J, Ntais P, Christodoulou V, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Karanis P, Antoniou M. Frequency of MDR 1-related p-gp overexpression in Greek Leishmania isolates. Parasitol Res. 2015 Sep;114(9):3565.

Chaara D, Ravel C, Bañuls A, Haouas N, Lami P, Talignani L, El Baidouri F, Jaouadi K, Harrat Z, Dedet JP, Babba H, Pratlong F. Evolutionary history of Leishmania killicki (synonymous Leishmania tropica) and axonomic implications. Parasit Vectors. 2015 Apr 1;8:198.

Shaw J, Pratlong F, Floeter-Winter L, Ishikawa E, El Baidouri F, Ravel C, Dedet JP. Characterization of Leishmania (Leishmania) waltoni n.sp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), the Parasite Responsible for Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Dominican Republic. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Sep;93(3):552-8.

Valdivia HO, Reis-Cunha JL, Rodrigues-Luiz GF, Baptista RP, Baldeviano GC, Gerbasi RV, Dobson DE, Pratlong F, Bastien P, Lescano AG, Beverley SM, Bartholomeu DC. Comparative genomic analysis of Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana and Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis. BMC Genomics. 2015 Sep 18;16:715.

Chaara D, Bañuls AL, Haouas N, Talignani L, Lami P, Mezhoud H, Harrat Z, Dedet JP, Babba H, Pratlong F. Comparison of Leishmania killicki (syn. L. tropica) and Leishmania tropica Population Structure in Maghreb by Microsatellite Typing. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Dec 8;9(12):e0004204.

Hendrickx S, Mondelaers A, Eberhardt E, Lachaud L, Delputte P, Cos P, Maes L. Intracellular amastigote replication may not be required for successful in vitro selection of miltefosine resistance in Leishmania infantum. Parasitol Res. 2015 Jul;114(7):2561-5.

Martin-Blondel G, Iriart X, El Baidouri F, Simon S, Mills D, Demar M, Pistone T, Le Taillandier T, Malvy D, Gangneux JP, Couppie P, Munckhof W, Marchou B, Ravel C, Berry A. Outbreak of Leishmania braziliensis Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Saül, French Guiana. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 May;21(5):892-4.

Liautaud B, Vignier N, Miossec C, Plumelle Y, Kone M, Delta D, Ravel C, Cabié A, Desbois N. First case of visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania martiniquensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Feb;92(2):317-9

Haouas N, Remadi L, Chaara D, Chargui N, Dabghi R, Jbeniani H, Babba H, Ravel C. Unexpected co-detection of promastigote and amastigote Leishmania forms in a human cutaneous lesion: implications for leishmaniasis physiopathology and treatment. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2015 Jan;81(1):18-20.

2014

Pigott DM, Bhatt S, Golding N, Duda KA, Battle KE, Brady OJ, Messina JP, Balard Y, Bastien P, Pratlong F, Brownstein JS, Freifeld CC, Mekaru SR, Gething PW, George DB, Myers MF, Reithinger R, Hay SI. Global distribution maps of the leishmaniases. e-Life. 2014 Jun 27; 3. doi: 10.7554/eLife.02851.

Mouri O, Morizot G, Van der Auwera G, Ravel C, Passet M, Chartrel N, Joly I, Thellier M, Jauréguiberry S, Caumes E, Mazier D, Marinach-Patrice C, Buffet P. Easy identification of Leishmania species by mass spectrometry. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2014; 8(6):e2841.

Cassagne C, Pratlong F, Jeddi F, Benikhlef R, Aoun K, Normand AC, Faraut F, Bastien P, Piarroux R. Identification of Leishmania at the species level with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2014; 20(6):551-557.

Fatoux-Ardore M, Peysselon F, Weiss A, Bastien P, Pratlong F, Ricard-Blum S. Large-scale investigation of Leishmania interaction networks with host extracellular matrix by surface plasmon resonance imaging. Infect Immun. 2014; 82(2):594-606.

Ginouves M, Carme B, Couppié P, Prevot G. Comparison of tetrazolium salt assays for evaluation of drug activity against Leishmania spp. J Clin Microbiol. 2014; 52:2131-2138.

Van der Auwera G, Ravel C, Verweij JJ, Bart A, Schönian G, Felger I. Evaluation of four single-locus markers for Leishmania species discrimination by sequencing. J Clin Microbiol. 2014; 52:1098-1104.

Jeddi F, Mary C, Aoun K, Harrat Z, Bouratbine A, Faraut F, Benikhlef R, Pomares C, Pratlong F, Marty P, Piarroux R. Heterogeneity of molecular resistance patterns in antimony-resistant field isolates of Leishmania species from the western Mediterranean area. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014; 58:4866-74.

Seblova V, Oury B, Eddaikra N, Aït-Oudhia K, Pratlong F, Gazanion E, Maia C, Volf P, Sereno D. Transmission potential of antimony-resistant Leishmania field isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2014; 58:6273-6.

Brengues C, Ferré JB, Le Goff G, Lami P, Pratlong F, Pasteur N, Lagneau C, Simard F, Robert V. A multiplex PCR to differentiate the two sibling species of mosquitoes Ochlerotatus detritus and Oc. coluzzii and evidence for further genetic heterogeneity within the Detritus complex. Infect Genet Evol. 2014 Jul 18. pii: S1567-1348(14)00239-1.

Ntais P, Christodoulou V, Tsirigotakis N, Dokianakis E, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Antoniou M. Will the introduction of Leishmania tropica MON-58, in the island of Crete, lead to the settlement and spread of this rare zymodeme? Acta Trop. 2014; 132:125-30.

Chaara D, Haouas N, Dedet JP, Babba H, Pratlong F. Leishmaniases in Maghreb: an endemic neglected disease. Acta Trop. 2014 Apr; 132:80-93.

Díaz-Sáez V, Merino-Espinosa G, Morales-Yuste M, Corpas-López V, Pratlong F, Morillas-Márquez F, Martín-Sánchez J. High rates of Leishmania infantum and Trypanosoma nabiasi infection in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in sympatric and syntrophic conditions in an endemic canine leishmaniasis area: epidemiological consequences. J. Vet Parasitol. 2014; 202:119-127.

Desbois N, Pratlong F, Quist D, Dedet JP. Leishmania (Leishmania) martiniquensis n. sp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), description of the parasite responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis in Martinique Island (French West Indies). Parasite 2014; 21:12. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2014011.

Hendrickx S, Boulet G, Mondelaers A, Dujardin JC, Rijal S, Lachaud L, Cos P, Delputte P, Maes L. Experimental selection of paromomycin and miltefosine resistance in intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania donovani and L. infantum. Parasitol Res. 2014; 113:1875-1881.

Chapitres d’ouvrages

Couppié P. Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. In: Therapeutics in Dermatology (Dubertret L. et al., eds), Fondation René Touaine 2001-2014, Médecine-Sciences, Flammarion, Paris 2014.

Couppié P. Leishmaniose cutanéomuqueuse. In: Dermatologie infectieuse (Mokni M, Dupin N et Delgiudice P, eds), Elsevier-Masson SAS, Paris, 2014.

2013

Dedet JP, Carme B, Desbois N, Bourdoiseau G, Lachaud L, Pratlong F. Épidémiologie des leishmanioses autochtones en France métropolitaine et d’outre-mer. Presse Med. 2013;42(11):1469-81.

Lachaud L, Dedet JP, Marty P, Faraut F, Buffet P, Gangneux JP, Ravel C, Bastien P; & the Working Group for the Notification of Human Leishmanioses in France. Surveillance of leishmanioses in France, 1999 to 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013 ;18(29): 20534-40.

El Baidouri F, Diancourt L, Berry V, Chevenet F, Pratlong F, Marty P, Ravel C. Genetic structure and evolution of theLeishmaniagenus in Africa and Eurasia: what does MLSA tell us. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 ; 7(6): e2255.

Pratlong F, Lami P, Ravel C, Balard Y, Dereure J, Serres G, El Baidouri F, Dedet JP. Geographical distribution and epidemiological features of Old WorldLeishmaniainfantum andLeishmania donovanifoci, based on the isoenzyme analysis of 2277 strains. Parasitology. 2013 ;140(4): 423-34.

Morizot G, Kendjo E, Mouri O, Thellier M, Pérignon A, Foulet F, Cordoliani F, Bourrat E, Laffitte E, Alcaraz I, Bodak N, Ravel C, Vray M, Grogl M, Mazier D, Caumes E, Lachaud L, Buffet PA. Travelers with cutaneous leishmaniasis cured without systemic therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;57(3):370-80.

Roger A, Nacher M, Hanf M, Drogoul AS, Adenis A, Basurko C, Dufour J, Sainte Marie D, Blanchet D, Simon S, Carme B, Couppié P. Climate and leishmaniasis in French Guiana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013; 89(3):564-9.

Van der Auwera G, Maes I, De Doncker S, Ravel C, Cnops L, Van Esbroeck M, Van Gompel A, Clerinx J, Dujardin JC. Heat-shock protein 70 gene sequencing forLeishmaniaspecies typing in European tropical infectious disease clinics. Euro Surveill. 2013;25;18(30):20543-51.

Larréché S, Launay G, Weibel Galluzzo C, Bousquet A, Eperon G, Pilo JE, Ravel C, Chappuis F, Dupin M, Mérens A. Cluster of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (Leishmania major) in European travelers returning from Turkmenistan. J Travel Med. 2013;20(6):400-2.

Faiman R, Abbasi I, Jaffe C, Motro Y, Nasereddin A, Schnur LF, Torem M, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Warburg A.A. Newly Emerged Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus in Northern Israel and Two New Reservoir Hosts ofLeishmania major. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(2) : e2058.

Zangger H, Ronet C, Desponds C, Kuhlmann FM, Robinson J, Hartley MA, Prevel F, Castiglioni P, Pratlong F, Bastien P, Müller N, Parmentier L, Saravia NG, Beverley SM, Fasel N. Detection ofLeishmaniaRNA virus inLeishmaniaparasites. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(1) : e2006.

Jaouadi K, Haouas N, Chaara D, Boudabous R, Gorcii M, Kidar A, Depaquit J, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Babba H. Phlebotomine (Diptera, Psychodidae) bloodmeal sources in Tunisian cutaneous leishmaniasis foci : could Sergentomia minuta, which is not an exclusive herpetophilic species, be implicated in the transmission of pathogens ? Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 2013; 106 (1) : 79-85.

Ntais P, Sifaki-Pistola D, Christodoulou V, Messritakis I, Pratlong F, Poupalos G, Antoniou M. Leishmaniases in Greece. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 ;89(5) : 906-15

Gouzelou E, Haralambous C, Antoniou M, Christodoulou V, Martinkovic F, Zivicnjak T, Smirlis D, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Ozbel Y, Toz So, Presber W, Schönian G, Soteriadou K. Genetic diversity and structure inLeishmania infantumpopulations from southeastern Europe revealed by microsatellite analysis. Parasit Vectors. 2013; 6(1) : 342-60.

Cassagne C, Pratlong F, Jeddi F, Benikhlef R, Aoun K, Normand AC, Faraut F, Bastien P, Piarroux R. Identification ofLeishmaniaat the species level with matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Sep 5.

2012

Aït-Oudhia K, Gazanion E, Sereno D, Oury B, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Lachaud L. In vitro susceptibility to antimonials and amphotericin B ofLeishmania infantumstrains isolated from dogs in a region lacking drug selection pressure. Vet Parasitol. 2012 Jul 6;187(3-4):386-93.

Azmi K, Schnur L, Schonian G, Nasereddin A, Pratlong F, El Baidouri F, Ravel C, Dedet JP, Ereqat S, Abdeen Z. Genetic, serological and biochemical characterization ofLeishmania tropicafrom foci in northern Palestine and discovery of zymodeme MON-307. Parasit Vectors. 2012; 5:121.

Berdjane-Brouk Z, Koné AK, Djimdé AA, Charrel RN, Ravel C, Delaunay P, del Giudice P, Diarra AZ, Doumbo S, Goita S, Thera MA, Depaquit J, Marty P, Doumbo OK, Izri A. First detection ofLeishmania majorDNA in Sergentomyia (Spelaeomyia) darlingi from cutaneous leishmaniasis foci in Mali. PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e28266.

Bualert L, Charungkiattikul W, Thongsuksai P, Mungthin M, Siripattanapipong S, Khositnithikul R, Naaglor T, Ravel C, El Baidouri F, Leelayoova S. Autochthonous disseminated dermal and visceral leishmaniasis in an AIDS patient, southern Thailand, caused byLeishmania siamensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012;86(5):821-4.

Chargui N, Haouas N, Jaouadi K, Gorcii M, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Mezhoud H, Babba H. Usefulness of a PCR-based method in the detection and species identification ofLeishmaniafrom clinical samples. Pathol Biol (Paris) 2012 ;60(6):e75-9.

Christodoulou V, Antoniou M, Ntais P, Messaritakis I, Ivovic V, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Dvorak V, Tselentis Y. Re-emergence of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Greek Island of Crete. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2012 Mar;12(3):214-22.

Cojean S, Houzé S, Haouchine D, Huteau F, Lariven S, Hubert V, Michard F, Bories C, Pratlong F, Le Bras J, Loiseau PM, Matheron S.Leishmaniaresistance to miltefosine associated with genetic marker. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(4):704-6.

Gouzelou E, Haralambous C, Amro A, Mentis A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Votypka J, Volf P, Toz SO, Kuhls K, Schönian G, Soteriadou K. Multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) of strains from Turkey and Cyprus reveals a novel monophyletic L. donovani sensu lato group. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012;6(2):e1507.

Haouas N, Chaker E, Chargui N, Gorcii M, Belhadj S, Kallel K, Aoun K, Akrout FM, Ben Said M, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Mezhoud H, Lami P, Zribi M, Azaiez R, Babba H. Geographical distribution updating of Tunisian leishmaniasis foci: about the isoenzymatic analysis of 694 strains. Acta Trop. 2012;124(3):221-8.

Jaouadi K, Depaquit J, Haouas N, Chaara D, Gorcii M, Chargui N, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Boubabous R, Babba H. Twenty-four new human cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis due toLeishmania killickiin Metlaoui, southwestern Tunisia: probable role of Phlebotomus sergenti in the transmission. Acta Trop. 2012 Jun;122(3):276-83.

Kasbari M, Ravel C, Harold N, Pesson B, Schaffner F, Depaquit J. Possibility of leishmaniasis transmission in Jura, France. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(6):1030.

Libert C, Ravel C, Pratlong F, Lami P, Dereure J, Keck N.Leishmania infantuminfection in two captive barbary lions (Panthera leo leo). J Zoo Wildl Med. 2012;43(3):685-8.

Mansouri R, Pratlong F, Bachi F, Hamrioui B, Dedet JP. The first isoenzymatic characterizations of theLeishmaniastrains responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis in the area of Annaba (eastern Algeria). Open Conf. Proc. J, 2012, 3 (suppl 2-M2) 6-11.

Ngouateu OB, Kollo P, Ravel C, Dereure J, Kamtchouing P, Same-Ekobo A, von Stebut E, Maurer M, Dondji B. Clinical features and epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis andLeishmania major/HIV co-infection in Cameroon: results of a large cross-sectional study. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2012;106(3):137-42.

Pratlong F, Lami P, Ravel C, Balard Y, Dereure J, Serres G, Baidouri FE, Dedet JP. Geographical distribution and epidemiological features of Old WorldLeishmania infantumandLeishmania donovanifoci, based on the isoenzyme analysis of 2277 strains. Parasitology 2012, 12:1-12.

Ranasinghe S, Zhang WW, Wickremasinghe R, Abeygunasekera P, Chandrasekharan V, Athauda S, Mendis S, Hulangamuwa S, Matlashewski G, Pratlong F.Leishmania donovanizymodeme MON-37 isolated from an autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis patient in Sri Lanka. Pathog Glob Health. 2012; 106(7):421-4.

Vase MØ, Hellberg YK, Larsen CS, Petersen E, Schaumburg H, Bendix K, Ravel C, Bastien P, Christensen M, d’Amore F. Development of splenic marginal zone lymphoma in a HIV-negative patient with visceral leishmaniasis. Acta Haematol. 2012;128(1):20-2.

Zapata S, Mejía L, Le Pont F, León R, Pesson B, Ravel C, Bichaud L, Charrel R, Cruaud C, Trueba G, Depaquit J. A study of a population of Nyssomyia trapidoi (Diptera: Psychodidae) caught on the Pacific coast of Ecuador. Parasit Vectors. 2012;5:144.

Couppié P. Thérapeutique dermatologique. Chapitre : Leishmanioses cutanées et cutanéomuqueuses. Ouvrage Fondation René Touraine. Masson Eds. 2012.

2011

BUFFET P.A., ROSENTHAL É., GANGNEUX J.P., LIGHTBURNE E., COUPPIE P., MORIZOT G., LACHAUD L., MARTY P., DEDET J.P. Traitement des leishmanioses en France: proposition d’un référentiel consensuel. Presse Med., 2011, 40 : 173-84.

AIT-OUDHIA K., HARRAT Z., BENIKHLEF R., DEDET J.P., PRATLONG F. Canine Leishmania infantum enzymatic polymorphism: a review including 1023 strains of the Mediterranean area, with special reference to Algeria. Acta Tropica, 2011, 118 : 80-86.

BAÑULS A. L.*, BASTIEN P.*, POMARES C., AREVALO J., FISA R., HIDE M. Clinical pleiomorphism in human leishmaniases, with special mention of asymptomatic infection. Clin Microbiol Infect 2011, 17: 1451–1461.

BASTIEN P. Leishmaniases control: what part for development and what part for research? (Editorial). Clin Microbiol Infect 2011, 17: 1449–1450.

BOUBIDI S.C., BENALLAL K., BOUDRISSA A., BOUIBA L., BOUCHAREB B., GARNI R., BOURATBINE A., RAVEL C., DVORAK V., VOTYPKA J., VOLF P., HARRAT Z. Phlebotomus sergenti (Parrot, 1917) identified as Leishmania killicki host in Ghardaïa, south Algeria. Microbes Infect., 2011, 13: 691-6.

FARKAS R., TÁNCZOS B., BONGIORNO G., MAROLI M., DEREURE J., READY P.D. First surveys to investigate the presence of canine leishmaniasis and its phlebotomine vectors in Hungary. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis., 2011, 11: 823-34.

FAUCHER B., POMARES C., FOURCADE S., BENYAMINE A., MARTY P., PRATLONG L., FARAUT F., MARY C., PIARROUX R., DEDET J.P., PRATLONG F. Mucosal Leishmania infantum leishmaniasis : specific pattern in a multicentre survey and historical cases. Journal of Infection, 2011, 63 : 76-82

FRANCO A.O., DAVIES C.R., MYLNE A., DEDET J.P., GALLEGO M., BALLART C., GRAMICCIA M., GRADONI L., MOLINA R., GALVEZ R., MORILLAS-MARQUEZ F., BARON-LOPEZ S., ALVES PIRES C., AFONSO M.O., READY P.D., COX J. Predicting the distribution of canine leishmaniasis in Western Europe based on environmental variables. Parasitology, 2011, 138: 1878-1891

JAOUADI K., HAOUAS N., CHAARA D., GORCII M., CHARGUI N., AUGOT D., PRATLONG F., DEDET J.P., ETTLIJANI S., MEZHOUD H., BABBA H. First detection of Leishmania killicki (Kinetoplastida, Trypanosomatidae) in Ctenodactylus gundi (Rodentia, Ctenodactylidae), a possible reservoir of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia. Parasites & Vectors, 2011, 4 : 159

ROUGERON V, BAÑULS AL, CARME B, SIMON S, COUPPIÉ P, NACHER M, HIDE M, DE MEEÛS T. Reproductive strategies and population structure in Leishmania, the case of L. guyanensis: another brick in the wall? Mol. Ecol. 2011, 20: 3116-3127.

2010

BOURGEOIS N., BASTIEN P., REYNES J., MAKINSON A., ROUANET I., LACHAUD L. ‘Active chronic visceral leishmaniasis’ in HIV-1-infected patients demonstrated by biological and clinical long-term follow-up of 10 patients. HIV Med., 2010, 11 : 670-3.

CHAMAILLÉ L., TRAN A., MEUNIER A., BOURDOISEAU G., READY P., DEDET J.P. Environmental risk mapping of canine leishmaniasis in France. Parasit Vectors, 2010, 3 : 31.

DEDET J.P. Les leishmanioses en France métropolitaine. Bull. Epidémiol. Hebdo., 2010, 38 : 9-13.

FAYE B., BAÑULS A.L., BUCHETON B., DIONE M.M., BASSANGANAM O., HIDE M., DEREURE J., CHOISY M., NDIAYE J.L., KONATE O., CLAIRE M., SENGHOR M.W., FAYE M.N., SY I., NIANG A.A., MOLEZ J.F., VICTOIR K., MARTY P., DELAUNAY P., KNECHT R., MELLUL S., DIEDHIOU S., GAYE O. Canine visceral leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum in Senegal: risk of emergence in humans? Microbes Infect., 2010, 12 : 1219-25.

HAKIMI S., RIVIÈRE S., DEL GIUDICE P., DEREURE J., LE QUELLEC A. Localized Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in a patient treated with Infliximab. Dermatology, 2010, 220 : 63-5.

HAOUAS N., GARRAB S., GORCII M., KHORCHANI H., CHARGUI N., RAVEL C., MEZHOUD H., BABBA H. Development of a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay for Leishmania major/Leishmania killicki/Leishmania infantum discrimination from clinical samples, application in a Tunisian focus. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis., 2010, 68 : 152-8.

MARY C., FARAUT F., DENIAU M., DEREURE J., AOUN K., RANQUE S., PIARROUX R. Frequency of drug resistance gene amplification in clinical leishmania strains. Int J Microbiol., 2010, doi: 10.1155/2010/819060.

MAZERIS A., SOTERIADOU K., DEDET J.P., HARALAMBOUS C., TSATSARIS A., MOSCHANDREAS J., MESSARITAKIS I., CHRISTODOULOU V., PAPADOPOULOS B., IVOVIC V., PRATLONG F., LOUCAIDES F., ANTONIOU M. Leishmaniases and the Cyprus paradox. Am J Trop Med Hyg., 2010, 82 : 441-8.

ROUGERON V., DE MEEÛS T., HIDE M., WALECKX E., DEREURE J., AREVALO J., LLANOS-CUENTAS A., BAÑULS A.L. A battery of 12 microsatellite markers for genetic analysis of the Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis complex. Parasitology, 2010, 137 : 1879-84.

2009

Aït-Oudhia K., Lami P., Lesceu S., Harrat Z., Hamrioui B., Dedet J.P., Pratlong F. Increase in the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis in urban Algiers (Algeria) following the 2003 earthquake. Ann Trop Med Parasitol, 2009, 103 : 679-692.

Alam M.Z., Haralambous C., Kuhls K., Gouzelou E., Sgouras D., Soteriadou K., Schnur L. Pratlong F., Schönian G. The paraphyletic composition ofLeishmania donovanizymodeme MON-37 revealed by multilocus microsatellite typing. Microbes Infect, 2009, 11 : 707-715.

Antoniou M., Haralambous C., Mazeris A., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Soteriadou K.Leishmania donovanileishmaniasis in Cyprus. Lancet Infect Dis, 2009, 9 : 76-77.

Berens-Riha N., Fleishmann E., Pratlong F., Bretzel F., Von Sonnenburg F., Löscher T. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (Leishmania tropica) in a german tourist after travel to Greece. J travel Med, 2009, 16 : 220-222.

Casanova M., Crobu L., Blaineau C., Bourgeois N., Bastien P., Pagès M. Microtubule-severing proteins are involved in flagellar length control and mitosis in Trypanosomatids. Mol Microbiol, 2009, 71:1353-70.

Chargui N, Amro A, Haous N, Schönian G, Babba H, Schmidt S., Ravel C, Lefebvre M, Bastien P, Chaker K, Zribi M, Kuhls K. Population structure of TunisianLeishmania infantumand evidence for the existence of hybrids and gene flow between genetically different populations. Int J Parasitol 2009, 39:801-11.

Dereure J., Vanwambeke S.O., Male P., Martinez S., Pratlong F. Balard Y. Dedet J.P. The potential effects of global warming on changes in canine leishmaniasis in a focus outside the classical area of the disease in Southern France. Vector-borne Zoo Dis, 2009, 9 : 687-694.

Harrat Z., Boubidi S.C., Pratlong F., Benikhlef R., Selt B., Dedet J.P., Ravel C., Belkaid M. Description of a dermotropicLeishmaniaclose toL. killicki(Rioux, Lanotte & Pratlong 1986) in Algeria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 2009, 103 : 716-720.

Lachaud L., Bourgeois N., Plourde M., Leprohon P., Bastien P., Ouellette M. Parasite susceptibility to Amphotericin B in failures of treatment for visceral leishmaniasis in patients coinfected with HIV type 1 andLeishmania infantum. Clin Infect Dis, 2009, 48: 16-22

Maubon D., Guillou C.T., Ravel C., Leccia M.T., Pelloux H.Leishmania killickiimported from Tunisian desert. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009, 15 :1864-5.

Pratlong F., Dereure J., Ravel C., Lami P., Balard Y., Serres G., Lanotte G., Rioux J.A., Dedet J.P. Geographical distribution and epidemiological features of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis foci, based on the isoenzyme analysis of 1048 strains. Trop Med Intern Health, 2009, 14 : 1071-1085.

2008

Alvar J., Aparicio P., Aseffa A., Den Boer M., Canavate C., Dedet J.P., Gradoni L., Ter Horst R., Lopez-Velez R., Moreno J. The relationship between leishmaniasis and AIDS : the second 10 years. Clin. Microbiol. Rev., 2008, 21 : 334-359.

Antoniou M., Haralambous C., Mazeris A., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Soteriadou K.Leishmania donovanileishmaniasis in Cyprus. Lancet Infect. Dis., 2008, 1 : 6-7.

Bourgeois N., Lachaud L., Reynes J., Rouanet I., Mahamat A., Bastien P. Long-Term Monitoring of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Patients with AIDS : Relapse Risk Factors, Value of Polymerase Chain Reaction, and Potential Impact on Secondary Prophylaxis. J. AIDS 2008, 48:13-19.

Dujardin J.C., Campino L., Canavate C., Dedet J.P., Gradoni L., Soteriadou K., Mazeris A., Ozbel Y., Boelaert M. Spread of vector-borne diseases and neglect of leishmaniasis, Europe. Emerg. Infect. Dis., 2008, 14 : 1013-1018.

Gradoni L., Soteriadou K., Louzir H., Dakkak A.,Ozensoy S., Dedet J.P., Campino L., Canavate C., Dujardin J.C. Drug regimens for visceral leishmaniasis in Mediterranean countries. Trop. Med. Intern. Health, 2008, 13 : 1-5.

Kallel K., Pratlong F., Haouas N., Kaouech E., Belhadj S., Aanane S., Dedet J.P., Babba H., Chaker E. Isoenzymatic variability ofLeishmania infantumin Tunisia concerning 254 human strains. Acta Trop., 2008, 106: 132-136.

Kuhls K., Chicharro C., Canavate C., Cortes S., Campino L., Haralambous C., Soteriadou K., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Mauricio I., Miles M., Schaar M., Ochsenreither S., Radtke O.A., Schöhian G. Differentiation and gene flow among European populations ofLeishmania infantumMON-1. PLOS Negl. Trop. Dis., 2008, 2 (e261) : 1-18.

Morio F., Reynes J., Dollet M., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Ravel C. Isolation of a Protozoan parasite genetically related to the insect Trypanosomatid Herpetomonas samuelpessoai from a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2008, 46 : 3845-3847.

Van der Meide W, De Vries H, Pratlong F, Van Der Wal A, Sabajo L. Leishmaniasis, Suriname. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008, 14:857-9.

Kallel K., Haouas N., Pratlong F., Kaouech E., Belhadj S., Anane S., Dedet J.P., Babba H., Chaker E. La leishmaniose cutanée due àLeishmania infantumMON-24 en Tunisie : extension du foyer vers le centre du pays. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., 2008, 101 : 30-31.

Pratlong F., Dedet J.P. Les infections parasitaires chez les transplantés. 2.- Leishmanioses. Rev. Franc. Labor., 2008, 403 : 49-52

2007

Foulet F., Botterel F., Buffet P., Morizot G., Rivollet D., Deniau M., Pratlong F., Costa J.M., Bretagne S. Detection and identification ofLeishmaniaspecies from clinical specimens by using a real-time PCR assay and sequencing of the cytochrome B gene. J Clin Microbiol., 2007, 45: 2110-2115.

Fouque F., Gaborit B., Issaly J., Carinci R., Gantier J.C., Ravel C., Dedet J.P. Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera : Psychodidae) associated with changing patterns in transmission on the human cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 2007, 102: 35-40.

Gangneux J.P., Sauzet S., Donnard S., Meyer N., Cornillet A., Pratlong F., Guiguen C. Recurrent American cutaneous leishmaniasis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007, 13:1436-1438.

Haouas N., Gorcii M., Chargui N., Aoun K., Bouratbine A., Messaadi Akrout F., Masmoudi A., Zili J., Ben Said M., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Mezhoud H., Azaiez R., Babba H. Leishmaniasis in central and southern Tunisia : current geographical distribution of zymodemes. Parasite, 2007, 14 : 239-246.

Haouas N., Pesson B., Boudabous R., Dedet J.P., Babba H., Ravel C. Development of a new molecular tool for the identification ofLeishmaniareservoir hosts by blood meal analysis in the insect vectors. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 2007, 77: 1054-1059

Haralambous C., Dakkak A., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Soteriadou K. First detection and genetic typing ofLeishmania infantumMON-24 in a dog from the Moroccan Mediterranean coast : genetic diversity of MON-24. Acta tropica, 2007, 103 : 69-79.

Haralambous C., Antoniou M., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Soteriadou K. Development of a molecular assay specific for theLeishmania donovanicomplex that discriminates L. donovani/L. infantum zymodemes : a useful tool for typing MON-1. Diag. Microbiol. Infect. Dis., 2007 : in press.

Lukes J., Mauricio I.L., Schönian G., Dujardin J.C., Soteriadou K., Dedet J.P., Kuhls K., Tintaya W.Q., Jirku M., Chocholova E., Haralambous C., Pratlong F., Obornik M., Horak A., Ayala F.J., Miles M. Evolutionary and geographical history of theLeishmania donovanicomplex with a revision of current taxonomy. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci.USA, 2007, 104 :9375-9380.

Marty P., Izri A., Ozon C., Haas P., Rosenthal E., Del Giudice P., Godenir J., Coulibaly E., Gari-Toussaint M., Delaunay P., Ferrua B., Haas H., Pratlong F., Le Fichoux Y. A century of leishmaniasis in Alpes-Maritimes, France. Ann Trop Med Parasitol., 2007, 101:563-574.

Morizot G., Del Giudice P., Caumes E., Laffite E., Marty P., Dupuy A., Sarfati C., Hadj-Rabia S., Darié H., Le Guern A.S., Ben Salah A., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Grögl M., Buffet P. Healing of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis in travelers treated with fluconazole : drug effect or spontaneous evolution ? Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 2007, 76 : 48-52.

Rotureau B., Couppié P., Nacher M., Dedet J.P., Carme B. Les leishmanioses cutanées en Guyane française. Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., 2007, 100 : 251-260.

Zerpa O., Ulrich M., Blanco B., Polegre M. Avila A., Matos N., Mendoza I., Pratlong F., Ravel C., Convit J. Diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis responds to miltefosine but then relapses. Br J Dermatol., 2007, 156: 1328-1335.

Volf P., Benkova I., Myskova J., Sadlova J., Campino L., Ravel C. Increased transmission potential ofLeishmania major/Leishmania infantumhybrids. Int. J. Parasitol. 2007, 37 : 589-593.

2006

Rotureau B, Ravel C, Nacher M, Couppié P, Curtet L, DEDET JP, Carme B. Molecular epidemiology ofLeishmania (Viannia) guyanensisin French Guiana. J. Clin. Microbiol., 2006, 44 : 468-473.

Rotureau B, Ravel C, Aznar C, Carme B, Dedet JP. First report ofLeishmania infantumin French Guiana : canine visceral leishmaniasis imported from the Old world. J. Clin. Microbiol. 2006, 44 : 1120-1122.

Mauricio IL, Yeo M, Baghaei M, Doto D, Pratlong F, Zemanova E, Dedet JP, Miles MA. Towards multilocus sequence typing of theLeishmania donovanicomplex : resolving genotypes and haplotypes for five polymorphis metabolic enzymes (ASAT, GPI, NH1, NH2, PGD). International Journal of Parasitology, 2006, 36 : 757-769.

Ravel C, Cortes S, Pratlong F, Morio F, Dedet JP, Campino L. First report of genetic hybrids between two very divergentLeishmaniaspecies :Leishmania infantumandLeishmania major. International Journal of Parasitology, 2006, 36 : in press.

Cortes S, Mauricio I, Almeida A, Cristovao JM, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Campino L. Application of kDNA as a molecular marker to analyseLeishmania infantumdiversity in Portugal. Parasitology International, 2006, 55 : 277-283.

Campino L, Pratlong F, Abranches P, Rioux JA, Santos-Gomes G, Alves-Pires C, Cortes S, Ramada J, Cristovao JM, Afonso MO, Dedet JP. Leishmaniasis in Portugal : enzyme polymorphism ofLeishmania infantumbased on the identification of 213 strains. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2006, 11 : 1708-1714.

2005

Pratlong F, Debord T, Garnotel E, Garrabe E, Marty P, Raphenon G, Dedet JP. First identification of the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis in Djibouti:Leishmania donovani. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005;99(1):21-5.

Kallel K, Pratlong F, Belhadj S, Cherif F, Hammami M, Dedet JP, Chaker E. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia: results of the iso-enzymatic characterization of 71 strains. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2005;99(1):11-9.

Kuhls K, Mauricio IL, Pratlong F, Presber W, Schonian G. Analysis of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences of theLeishmania donovanicomplex. Microbes Infect. 2005.

Garin YJ, Meneceur P, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Derouin F, Lorenzo F. A2 gene of Old World cutaneousLeishmaniais a single highly conserved functional gene. BMC Infect Dis. 2005 28;5(1):18.

Bader KA, Schnur LF, Nasereddin A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Shaheen L, Yousef O, Greenblatt CL. Palestinian infantile visceral leishmaniasis caused by a genetic variant ofLeishmania infantumbelonging to a new zymodeme. Trop Med Int Health. 2005;10(6):618-20.

Haouas N, Chargui N, Chaker E, Ben Said M, Babba H, Belhadj S, Kallel K, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Mezhoud H, Azaiez R. Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Tunisia: presence ofLeishmania killickioutside its original focus of Tataouine. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2005;99(7):499-501.

Basset D, Faraut F, Marty P, Dereure J, Rosenthal E, Mary C, Pratlong F, Lachaud L, Bastien P, Dedet JP. Visceral leishmaniasis in organ transplant recipients : 11 new cases and review of literature. Microbes Infect., 2005, 7 : 1370-1375.

2004

Pratlong F, Rioux JA, Marty P, Faraut-Gambarelli F, Dereure J, Lanotte G, Dedet JP. Isoenzymatic analysis of 712 strains ofLeishmania infantumin the south of France and relationship of enzymatic polymorphism to clinical and epidemiological features. J Clin Microbiol. 2004;42(9):4077-82.

Saliba EK, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Saleh N, Khoury SA, Oumeish OY, Batayneh O, Al-Oran R. Identification ofLeishmaniastrains from Jordan. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2004;98(7):677-83.

Antoniou M, Doulgerakis C, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Tselentis Y. Short report: Treatment failure due to mixed infection by different strains of the parasiteLeishmania infantum. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004;71(1):71-2.

Rhajaoui M, Fellah H, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Lyagoubi M. Leishmaniasis due toLeishmania tropicaMON-102 in a new Moroccan focus. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2004;98(5):299-301.

Tintaya KW, Ying X, Dedet JP, Rijal S, De Bolle X, Dujardin JC. Antigen genes for molecular epidemiology of leishmaniasis: polymorphism of cysteine proteinase B and surface metalloprotease glycoprotein 63 in theLeishmania donovanicomplex. J Infect Dis. 2004;189(6):1035-43.

Couppie P, Clyti E, Sobesky M, Bissuel F, Del Giudice P, Sainte-Marie D, Dedet JP, Carme B, Pradinaud R. Comparative study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients and non-HIV-infected patients in French Guiana. Br J Dermatol. 2004;151(6):1165-71.

Schnur LF, Nasereddin A, Eisenberger CL, Jaffe CL, El Fari M, Azmi K, Anders G, Killick-Kendrick M, Killick-Kendrick R, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Kanaan M, Grossman T, Jacobson RL, Schonian G, Warburg A. Multifarious characterization ofLeishmania tropicafrom a Judean desert focus, exposing intraspecific diversity and incriminating Phlebotomus sergenti as its vector. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004;70(4):364-72.

2003

Basset D., Pratlong F., Dereure J., Ravel C., Dedet J.P. Les leishmanioses autochtones et d’importation en France pour l’année 2000. In : Surveillance nationale des maladies infectieuses 1998-2000. Institut de veille sanitaire Département Maladies infectieuses Ed., 2003, 215-217.

Belhadj S., Pratlong F., Hammami M., Kallel K., Dedet J.P., CHAKER E.
Human cutaneous leishmaniasis due toLeishmania infantumin the Sidi Bourouis focus ( Northern Tunisia ) : epidemiological study and isoenzymatic characterization of the parasites. Acta Tropica, 2003, 85, 83-86.

Dereure J., El Safi S.H., Bucheton B., Boni M., Kheir M.M., Davoust B., Pratlong F., Feugier E., Lambert M., Dessein A., Dedet J.P. Eco-epidemiological study of a visceral leishmaniasis focus in Eastern Sudan. Microbes and Infection, 2003, 5, 1103-1108.

Pratlong F., Dereure J., Deniau M., Marty P., Faraut-Gambarelli F., Dedet J.P. Enzymatic polymorphism duringLeishmania/HIV co-infection. Study of 381Leishmaniastrains received between 1986 and 2000 at the International Cryobank of Montpellier (France). Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2003, 97, S47-S56.

Dereure J., Duong Thanh H., Lavabre-Bertrand T., Cartron G., Bastides F., Richard-Lenoble D., Dedet J.P. Visceral leishmaniasis. Persistence of parasites in lymph nodes after clinical cure. Journal of Infection, 2003, 47 : 77-81.

Dedet J.P., Pratlong F. Leishmanioses. In : Epidémiologie des maladies parasitaires. 3. Opportunistes. C. RIPERT Ed. Editions Médicales Internationales, Cachan, France, 2003 : 221-241.

Jacobson R.L., Eisenberger C.L., Svobodova M., Baneth G., Sztern J., Carvalho J., Nasereddin A., El Fari M., Shalom U., Volf P., Votypka J., Dedet J.P., Pratlong F., Schönian G., Schnur L.F., Jaffe C.L., Warburg A. Outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Israel. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2003, 188 : 1065-1073.

Guiguemde R.T., Sawadogo O.S., Bories C., Kadidiatou L.T., Nezien D., Nikiema L., Pratlong F., Marty P., Houin R., Deniau M.Leishmania majorand HIV co-infection in Burkina Faso. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2003, 97 : 168-169.

Gangneux J.P., Menotti J., Lorenzo F., Sarfati C., Blanche H., Bui H., Pratlong F., Garin Y.J.F., Derouin F. Prospective value of PCR amplification and sequencing for diagnosis and typing of Old worldLeishmaniainfections in an area of nonendemicity. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2003, 41 : 1419-1422.

Bastien P, Chabbert E, Lachaud L. Contamination management of broad-range or specific PCR: is there any difference? J Clin Microbiol. 2003;41(5):2272.

Karunaweera ND, Pratlong F, Siriwardane HV, Ihalamulla RL, Dedet JP. Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused byLeishmania donovanizymodeme MON-37. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003;97(4):380-1.

2002

Belhadj S., Pratlong F., Toumi N. H., Kallel K., Mahjoub H., Babba H., Azaiez R., Dedet J.P., Chaker E. Visceral leishmaniasis in Tunisia : result of the isoenzymatic characterization of 65Leishmania infantumstrains. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2002, 96, 627-630.

Cardoso L., Santos H., Cordeiro-Da-Silva A., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Rodrigues M.
Leishmania infantumMON-98 : infection in a dog from Alto Douro, Portugal. Acta Tropica, 2002, 83, 83-85.

Dedet J.P., Pratlong F. Leishmaniases. In : Manson’s tropical diseases. G. Cook & A. Zumla eds. Harcourt Health Sciences, London, 2002, 1339-1364..

Gallego M., Pratlong F., Riera C., Munoz C., Ribera E., Fisa R., Rioux J.A., Dedet J.P., Portus M. Isoenzymatic identification ofLeishmaniaisolates from repeated clinical human leishmaniasis episodes in Catalonia (Spain). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2002,96,45-47.

Lemrani M., Nejjar R., Pratlong F. A newLeishmania tropicazymodeme-causative agent of canine visceral leishmaniasis in northern Morocco. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2002, 96, 637-638.

Noyes H. Pratlong F., Chance M., Ellis J., Lanotte G., Dedet J.P. A previously unclassified trypanosomatid responsible for human cutaneous lesions in Martinique (French West Indies) is the most divergent member of the genusLeishmaniass. Parasitology, 2002, 124, 17-24.

Pratlong F., Deniau M., Darie H., Eichenlaub S., Pröll S., Garrabe E., Le Guyadec T., Dedet J.P. Human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused byLeishmania naiffiis wide-spread in South America. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 2002, 96, 781-785.

2001

Alves-Pires C., Campino L., Afonso M.O., Santos-Gomes G., Dedet J.P., Pratlong F. Les phlébotomes du Portugal. X – Infestation naturelle de Phlebotomus perniciosus parLeishmania infantumMON-1 en Algarve. Parasite, 2001, 8, 374-375.

Basset D., Pratlong F., RavelL C., Puechberty J., Dereure J., Dedet J.P. Les leishmanioses déclarées en France en 1999. Bulletin épidémiologique hebdomadaire, 2001, n°5, 19-21.

Benikhlef R., Pratlong F., Harrat Z., Seridi N., Bendali-Braham S., Belkaid M., Dedet J.P.
Leishmaniose viscérale infantile causée parLeishmania infantumzymodème MON-24 en Algérie. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 2001, 94, 14-16.

Bogdan C., Schönian G., Bnuls AL., Hide M., Pratlong F., Lorenz E., Rollinghoff M., Mertens R. Visceral Leishmaniasis in a German child who had never entered a known endemic area : case report and review fo the literature. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2001, 32, 302-306.

Del Giudice P., Marty P., Boissy C., Haik A., Pratlong F., Delaunay-Kaidomar F., Rosenthal E., Counillon E., Le Fichoux Y. Confirmation deLeishmania infantumMON-24, agent de leishmaniose cutanée dans le sud-est de la France. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 2001, 94, 17-18.

Gallego M., Pratlong F., Riera C., Fisa R., Munoz C., Dedet J.P., Portus M. Cutaneous leishmaniasis due toLeishmania infantumin the Northeast of Spain : and the isoenzymatic analysis of parasites. Archives of Dermatology, 2001, 137,667-668.

Gallego M., Pratlong F., Fisa R., Riera C., Rioux J.A., Dedet J.P., Portus M. The life cycle ofLeishmania infantumMON-77 in the Priorat (South of Catalonia, Spain) involves humans, dogs and sandflies. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2001, 95, 269-271.

Pratlong F., Dereure J., Bucheton B., El-Safi S., Dessein A., Lanotte G., Dedet J.P.
Sudan : the possible original focus of visceral leishmaniasis. Parasitology, 2001, 122, 599-605

Thakur C.P., Dedet J.P., Narain S., Pratlong F.Leishmaniaspecies, drug unresponsiveness and visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India. Transactions of the Royal Society of tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2001, 95, 187-189.

Zerpa O., Pratlong F, Ulrich M., Convit J. Isolation ofLeishmania infantum, zymodeme MON-1 from canine and human visceral leishmaniasis on Margarita Island, Venezuela. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001, 96, 901-902.

2000

Belhadj S., Pratlong F., Mahjoub H., Toumi N.H., Azaiez R., Dedet J.P., Chaker E. Leishmaniose viscérale infantile àLeishmania infantumMON-24 : une réalité en Tunisie. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 2000, 93, 12-13.

Dedet J.P., Pratlong F.Leishmania, Trypanosoma and monoxenous trypanosomatids as emerging opportunistic agents. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 2000, 47, 37-39.

Dedet J.P., Pratlong F. Taxonomie desLeishmaniaet distribution géographique des leishmanioses. Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie, 2000, 127, 421-424.

Dereure J., Boni M., Pratlong F., Bucheton B., El-Safi S., Feugier E., Musa M.K., Davoust B., Dessein A., Dedet J.P. Visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan : first identifications ofLeishmaniafrom dogs. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2000, 94, 154-155.

Luz E., Membrive N., Castro E.A., Dereure J., Pratlong F., Dedet J.P., Pandey A., Thomaz-Soccol V. Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera : Psychodidae) as vector ofLeishmania (V.) braziliensisin Paraná state, southern Brazil. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2000, 94, 623-631.

Thomaz-Soccol V., Velez I.D., Pratlong F., Agudelos S., Lanotte G., Rioux J.A. Enzymatic polymorphism and phylogenetic relationships inLeishmaniaRoss, 1903 (Sarcomastigophora : Kinetoplastida) : a case study in Colombia . Systematic Parasitology, 2000, 46, 59-68