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2025

Blaizot R, Lamine MM, Saout M, Issa K, Laminou IM, Duvignaud A, Demar M, Doutchi M. Molecular detection of Leishmania major human infections in the Zinder area, Niger. BMC Infect Dis. 2025;25(1):871. doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-11229-2.

Bouvier A, Rabodonirina M, Dupont D, Hervieu V, Antonini T, Erard D, Ravel C, Simon M, Ader F, Dumortier J. Kala-azar in solid organ transplant recipients, a case report and literature review. Ancient disease, old world, new patients. Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2025;49(5):102594. doi: 10.1016/j.clinre.2025.102594.

de Larminat J, Dahane N, Argy N, Rifai M, Ferrua OH, Pomares C, Ravonjena NR, Dupont D, Lemoine JP, Dutron S, Pineau O, Steinbrucker PP, César T, Azohana S, Guilmin-Crepon S, Minodier P, Allouche I, Lorrot M, Ravel C, Faye A. Diagnosis and Management of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Children: A French Retrospective Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025;12(12):ofaf708. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf708.

Degand N, Medioni LD, Eveleigh B, Laurent J, Anfrie T, Fadil N, Benyoussef S, Raguin O, Dorin J, Blanc V, Ravel C, Pomares C. A Rare Case of Isolated Pulmonary Leishmaniasis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2025;113(2):269-271. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.24-0757.

El Moctar A, Ouldabdallahi Moukah M, Koné AK, Saout M, Demar M, Fofana MD, Cheikh Mohamed Vadel TK, Kébé M, Thera MA, Blaizot R, Ould Mohamed Salem Boukhary A. Ongoing presence of Leishmania major cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mauritania, 2016-2024. BMC Infect Dis. 2025;25(1):596. doi: 10.1186/s12879-025-10716-w.

Luce AE, Drak Alsibai K, Thorey C, Guttierez B, Demar M, Blaizot R, Grotta G. Cutaneous leishmaniasis as immune reconstitution syndrome: A clinical and histopathological case series. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2025;39(4):e310-e312. doi: 10.1111/jdv.20285.

Mrozek N, Philipponnet C, Zaghdoudi A, Ravel C, Moniot M, Garrouste C, Rouges C, Buffet P, Melenotte C. Antimony used as rescue therapy in a kidney transplant recipient unresponsive to liposomal amphotericin B for chronic visceral leishmaniasis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2025;80(7):2053-2056. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkaf158.

Thiam R, Ceballos MS, Beneke T, Kuk N, Pasquier G, Crobu L, Jeffares DC, Vergnes B, Barckmann B, Sterkers Y. A novel Leishmania infantum reference strain for gene editing and the study of visceral leishmaniasis. PLoS One. 2025;20(9):e0327390. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0327390.

2024

Blaizot R, Pasquier G, Kone AK, Duvignaud A, Demar M. Cutaneous leishmaniasis in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of Leishmania species, vectors and reservoirs. Parasit Vectors. 2024;17(1):318. doi: 10.1186/s13071-024-06381-8.

Méheut A, Cordier C, Couvreur C, Rousseau A, Ravel C, Vuotto F. Lésion palatine du voyageur ronfleur. Med Mal Infect Form. 2024;3(3):160-163. doi: 10.1016/j.mmifmc.2024.05.001.

Melenotte C, Rouges C, Dahane N, Ariey F, Saidani N, Hoellinger B, Lachaud L, Ravel C, Buffet P. Leishmaniose viscérale multi-récidivante du sujet immunodéprimé : une impasse thérapeutique en émergence. 25es Journées nationales d’infectiologie; 12-14 juin 2024. [Communication ou résumé de congrès] Source.

Saout M, Pinheiro T, da Costa V, Savin M, Balmelle B, Lefort S, de Thoisy B, Matoute A, Hernandez M, Ravel C, Sterkers Y, Prévot G, Demar M, Ginouvès M. Fatal case of imported visceral leishmaniasis in a dog caused by Leishmania infantum in French Guiana. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports. 2024;55:101108. doi: 10.1016/j.vprsr.2024.101108.

2023

Blaizot R, Fontaine A, Demar M, Delon F, d’Oleon AB, Mayet A, de Laval F, de Santi VP, Briolant S. Updated estimation of cutaneous leishmaniasis incubation period in French Guiana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(6):e0011415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011415.

Epelboin L, Abboud P, Abdelmoumen K, About F, Adenis A, Blaise T, Blaizot R, Bonifay T, Bourne-Watrin M, Boutrou M, Carles G, Carlier PY, Carod JF, Carvalho L, Couppié P, De Toffol B, Delon F, Demar M, Destoop J, Douine M, Droz JP, Elenga N, Enfissi A, Franck YK, Fremery A, Gaillet M, Kallel H, Kpangon AA, Lavergne A, Le Turnier P, Maisonobe L, Michaud C, Mutricy R, Nacher M, Naldjinan-Kodbaye R, Oberlis M, Odonne G, Osei L, Pujo J, Rabier S, Roman-Laverdure B, Rousseau C, Rousset D, Sabbah N, Sainte-Rose V, Schaub R, Sylla K, Tareau MA, Tertre V, Thorey C, Vialette V, Walter G, Zappa M, Djossou F, Vignier N. [Overview of infectious and non-infectious diseases in French Guiana in 2022]. Med Trop Sante Int. 2023;3(1):mtsi.v3i1.2023.308. doi: 10.48327/mtsi.v3i1.2023.308.

Heleine M, Elenga N, Njuieyon F, Martin E, Piat C, Pansart C, Couppie P, Hernandez M, Demar M, Blaizot R. Using pentamidine to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis in children: a 10-year study in French Guiana. Clin Exp Dermatol. 2023;48(8):913-915. doi: 10.1093/ced/llad146.

Lafi O, Essid R, Lachaud L, Jimenez C, Rodríguez J, Ageitos L, Mhamdi R, Abaza L. Synergistic antileishmanial activity of erythrodiol, uvaol, and oleanolic acid isolated from olive leaves of cv. Chemlali. 3 Biotech. 2023;13(12):395. doi: 10.1007/s13205-023-03825-3.

Melenotte C, Mouri O, Guery R, Cotteret C, Schweitzer-Chaput A, Perignon A, Thellier M, Bourrat E, Kaguelidou F, Siriez JY, Malvy D, Gangneux JP, Duvignaud A, Ravel C, Cisternino S, Ransom J, Caumes E, Lortholary O, Grogl M, Buffet P. Self-application of aminoglycoside-based creams for treatment of CL in travelers. ECCMID; 2023. [Communication ou résumé de congrès]

Melenotte C, Mouri O, Guery R, Cotteret C, Siriez J, Grogl M, Ravel C, Ransom J, Caumes E, Buffet P. Leishmaniose cutanée du voyageur : le traitement topique par aminoglycoside crème, une option efficace et indolore. Med Mal Infect Form. 2023;2(2):S139-S140. [Communication ou résumé de congrès] doi: 10.1016/j.mmifmc.2023.03.324.

Mouri O, Melenotte C, Guéry R, Cotteret C, Schweitzer-Chaput A, Perignon A, Thellier M, Bourrat E, Kaguelidou F, Siriez JY, Malvy D, Gangneux JP, Duvignaud A, Ravel C, Cisternino S, Ransom J, Caumes E, Lortholary O, Grogl M, Buffet P. Self-application of aminoglycoside-based creams to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis in travelers. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023;17(8):e0011492. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011492.

Pasquier G, Andreotti Q, Ravel C, Sterkers Y. Molecular diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis: a French study comparing a reference PCR method targeting kinetoplast DNA and a commercial kit targeting ribosomal DNA. Microbiol Spectr. 2023;11(6):e0215423. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02154-23.

Pasquier G, Ravel C. Les leishmanioses au laboratoire. Rev Francoph Lab. 2023;2023(556):26-33. doi: 10.1016/S1773-035X(23)00212-5.

Saidi N, Blaizot R, Prévot G, Aoun K, Demar M, Cazenave PA, Bouratbine A, Pied S. Clinical and immunological spectra of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in North Africa and French Guiana. Front Immunol. 2023;14:1134020. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1134020.

Turcutti L, Bouhsira E, Bossa A, Ravel C, Hammami C, Mery-Bordes L, Bousquet P, Pasquier G, Lachaud L. Prevalence of canine leishmaniosis in the Cévennes Mediterranean region, France. European Veterinary Parasitology College; 29-30 juin 2023; Alfort, France. [Communication ou résumé de congrès]

Turcutti L, Ravel C, Boushira E, Hammami C, Mery-Bordes L, Bousquet P, Bossa A, Pasquier, Lachaud L. Étude de la prévalence de la leishmaniose canine dans le foyer méditerranéen des Cévennes. Congrès SFP-SFMM; 24-27 mai 2023; Marrakech, Maroc. [Communication ou résumé de congrès]

2022

Douine M, Bonifay T, Lambert Y, Mutricy L, Galindo MS, Godin A, Bourhy P, Picardeau M, Saout M, Demar M, Sanna A, Mosnier E, Blaizot R, Couppié P, Nacher M, Adenis A, Suarez-Mutis M, Vreden S, Epelboin L, Schaub R. Zoonoses and gold mining: A cross-sectional study to assess yellow fever immunization, Q fever, leptospirosis and leishmaniasis among the population working on illegal mining camps in French Guiana. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(8):e0010326. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010326.

Pasquier G, Demar M, Lami P, Zribi A, Marty P, Buffet P, Desbois-Nogard N, Gangneux JP, Simon S, Blaizot R, Couppié P, Thiebaut L, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Bastien P, Sterkers Y, Ravel C, Lachaud L, Working Group for the Notification of Human Leishmanioses in France. Leishmaniasis epidemiology in endemic areas of metropolitan France and its overseas territories from 1998 to 2020. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(10):e0010745. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010745.

Valentin J, Niemetzky F, Gaillet M, Michaud C, Carbunar A, Demar M, Couppie P, Blaizot R. Spectrum of skin diseases in Maroon villages of the Maroni area, French Guiana. Int J Dermatol. 2022;61(9):1137-1144. doi: 10.1111/ijd.16324.

2021

Bertin C, Drak Alsibai K, Demar M, Couppié P, Blaizot R. First description of bullous lupus associated with cutaneous leishmaniasis: coincidence or trigger? Int J Dermatol. 2021;60(7):896-898. doi: 10.1111/ijd.15532.

Blaizot R, Simon S, Ginouves M, Prévot G, Blanchet D, Ravel C, Couppie P, Demar M, Nabet C. Validation of Swab Sampling and SYBR Green-Based Real-Time PCR for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in French Guiana. J Clin Microbiol. 2021;59(2):e02218-20. doi: 10.1128/jcm.02218-20.

Dujardin A, de La Blanchardière A, Dina J, Stefic K, Ravel C, Bonhomme J, Verdon R, Fournier AL. Case Report: Leishmania and HIV Co-Diagnosis: How to Understand Medical History? Front Immunol. 2021;12:669723. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.669723.

Ferlet E, Martinet JP, Randrianambinintsoa FJ, Ravel C, Depaquit J. Detection of Leishmania tarentolae DNA in Sergentomyia antennata in Togo. J Vector Borne Dis. 2021;58(2):175-177. doi: 10.4103/0972-9062.316270.

Ginouvès M, Couppié P, Simon S, Bourreau E, Rogier S, Brousse P, Travers P, Pommier de Santi V, Demar M, Briolant S, Prévot G. Leishmaniavirus genetic diversity is not related to leishmaniasis treatment failure. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021;27(2):286.e1-286.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.04.037.

Guery R, Walker SL, Harms G, Neumayr A, Van Thiel P, Gangneux JP, Clerinx J, Söbirk SK, Visser L, Lachaud L, Bailey M, Bart A, Ravel C, Van der Auwera G, Blum J, Lockwood DN, Buffet P, LeishMan Network and the French Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Study group. Clinical diversity and treatment results in Tegumentary Leishmaniasis: A European clinical report in 459 patients. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(10):e0009863. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009863.

Henry K, Mayet A, Hernandez M, Frechard G, Blanc PA, Schmitt M, André N, Loreau JM, Ginouves M, Prévot G, Couppié P, Demar M, Blaizot R. Outbreak of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis among military personnel in French Guiana, 2020: Clinical, phylogenetic, individual and environmental aspects. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2021;15(11):e0009938. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009938.

Menu E, Blaizot R, Mary C, Simon S, Adenis A, Blanchet D, L’Ollivier C, Ranque S, Demar M. Immunoblot for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in French Guiana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021;104(6):2091-2096. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0591.

2020

Argy N, Lariven S, Rideau A, Lemoine A, Bourgeois Moine A, Allal L, Choudat L, Ravel C, Michard F, Buffet P, Faye A, Houze S, Yazdanpanah Y. Congenital Leishmaniasis in a Newborn Infant Whose Mother was Coinfected With Leishmaniasis and HIV. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020;9(2):277-280. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piz055.

Ducharme O, Simon S, Ginouves M, Prévot G, Couppie P, Demar M, Blaizot R. Leishmania naiffi and lainsoni in French Guiana: Clinical features and phylogenetic variability. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020;14(8):e0008380. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008380.

Fernández-Arévalo A, El Baidouri F, Ravel C, Ballart C, Abras A, Lachaud L, Tebar S, Lami P, Pratlong F, Gállego M, Muñoz C. The Leishmania donovani species complex: A new insight into taxonomy. Int J Parasitol. 2020;50(13):1079-1088. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.06.013.

Lévêque MF, Battery E, Delaunay P, Lmimouni BE, Aoun K, L’Ollivier C, Bastien P, Mary C, Pomares C, Fillaux J, Lachaud L. Evaluation of six commercial kits for the serological diagnosis of Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020;14(3):e0008139. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008139.

Lévêque MF, Lachaud L, Simon L, Battery E, Marty P, Pomares C. Place of Serology in the Diagnosis of Zoonotic Leishmaniases With a Focus on Visceral Leishmaniasis Due to Leishmania infantum. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020;10:67. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00067.

Malmontet T, Guarmit B, Gaillet M, Michaud C, Garceran N, Chanlin R, Demar M, Couppie P, Blaizot R. Spectrum of skin diseases in Amerindian villages of the Upper Oyapock, French Guiana. Int J Dermatol. 2020;59(5):599-605. doi: 10.1111/ijd.14848.

Senchyna A, Simon S, Cissé H, Ginouves M, Prevot G, Alcoba G, Demar M, Couppie P, Blaizot R. American cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: a retrospective comparison between liposomal amphotericin B and meglumine antimoniate. Br J Dermatol. 2020;183(2):389-391. doi: 10.1111/bjd.18964.

2019

Chavy A, Ferreira Dales Nava A, Luz SLB, Ramírez JD, Herrera G, Vasconcelos Dos Santos T, Ginouves M, Demar M, Prévot G, Guégan JF, de Thoisy B. Ecological niche modelling for predicting the risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Neotropical moist forest biome. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(8):e0007629. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007629.

Chavy A, Nabet C, Normand AC, Kocher A, Ginouves M, Prévot G, Vasconcelos Dos Santos T, Demar M, Piarroux R, de Thoisy B. Identification of French Guiana sand flies using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry with a new mass spectra library. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019;13(2):e0007031. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0007031.

Loiseau R, Nabet C, Simon S, Ginouves M, Brousse P, Blanchet D, Demar M, Couppie P, Blaizot R. American cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana: an epidemiological update and study of environmental risk factors. Int J Dermatol. 2019;58(11):1323-1328. doi: 10.1111/ijd.14625.

2018

Christen JR, Bourreau E, Demar M, Lightburn E, Couppié P, Ginouvès M, Prévot G, Gangneux JP, Savini H, de Laval F, Pommier de Santi V, Briolant S. Use of the intramuscular route to administer pentamidine isethionate in Leishmania guyanensis cutaneous leishmaniasis increases the risk of treatment failure. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2018;24:31-36. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.02.010.

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: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006854.

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. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2018.07.016.

2017

Akhoundi M, Downing T, Votýpka J, Kuhls K, Lukeš 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. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2016.11.012.

Couppié P. Leishmanioses cutanées. In: Saurat JH, Lachapelle JM, Lipsker D, Thomas L, Borradori L, éditeurs. Dermatologie et infections sexuellement transmissibles. Paris: Elsevier Masson; 2017. p. 196-198. [Chapitre]

Ginouvès M, Simon S, Nacher M, Demar M, Carme B, Couppié P, Prévot 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. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0373.

Lachaud L, Fernández-Arévalo 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, Gállego 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. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00845-17.

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. doi: 10.1186/s41182-017-0045-x.

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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005764.

2016

Bastien P, Lachaud L. Leishmanioses : biologie, clinique et thérapeutique. EMC Maladies infectieuses. 2016. Article 8-506-A-10. [Chapitre] Source.

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. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1388-6.

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(9):e1005852. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005852.

Hendrickx S, Beyers J, Mondelaers A, Eberhardt E, Lachaud L, Delputte P, Cos P, Maes L. Evidence of a drug-specific impact of experimentally selected paromomycin and miltefosine resistance on parasite fitness in Leishmania infantum. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2016;71(7):1914-1921. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw096.

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. doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1531-4.

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):783-791. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12698.

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. doi: 10.1089/bio.2015.0101.

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. Euro Surveill. 2016;21(49):30418. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2016.21.49.30418.

2015

Amarir F, Sebti F, Fellah H, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, El Mansouri B, Hmamouch A, Delouane B, Habbari K, Sadak A, Abassi I, Rhajaoui M. Epidemiological characteristics of a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica in Settat, Morocco. Acta Trop. 2015;150:116-121. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.07.020.

Austrup J, Ntais P, Christodoulou V, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Karanis P, Antoniou M. Erratum to: Frequency of MDR 1-related p-gp overexpression in Greek Leishmania isolates. Parasitol Res. 2015;114(9):3565. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4572-2.

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;212(3):505-506. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiv129.

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;9(12):e0004204. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004204.

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 taxonomic implications. Parasit Vectors. 2015;8:198. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-0821-6.

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

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;81(1):18-20. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.09.014.

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;114(7):2561-2565. doi: 10.1007/s00436-015-4460-9.

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;92(2):317-319. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0205.

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;21(5):892-894. doi: 10.3201/eid2105.141181.

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;93(3):552-558. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0774.

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;16:715. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1928-z.

2014

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;28:676-680. doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.07.010.

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. doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12387.

Chaara D, Haouas N, Dedet JP, Babba H, Pratlong F. Leishmaniases in Maghreb: an endemic neglected disease. Acta Trop. 2014;132:80-93. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.12.018.

Couppié P. Cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. In: Dubertret L, et al., éditeurs. Therapeutics in Dermatology. Paris: Médecine-Sciences Flammarion; Fondation René Touraine; 2014. [Chapitre]

Couppié P. Leishmaniose cutanéomuqueuse. In: Mokni M, Dupin N, Del Giudice P, éditeurs. Dermatologie infectieuse. Paris: Elsevier Masson; 2014. [Chapitre]

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.

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. Vet Parasitol. 2014;202(3-4):119-127. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.03.029.

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. doi: 10.1128/iai.01146-13.

Ginouves M, Carme B, Couppie P, Prevot G. Comparison of tetrazolium salt assays for evaluation of drug activity against Leishmania spp. J Clin Microbiol. 2014;52(6):2131-2138. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00201-14.

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(5):1875-1881. doi: 10.1007/s00436-014-3835-7.

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(8):4866-4874. doi: 10.1128/aac.02521-13.

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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002841.

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;132:125-130. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.01.003.

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. Elife. 2014;3. doi: 10.7554/elife.02851.

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(10):6273-6276. doi: 10.1128/aac.02406-13.

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(4):1098-1104. doi: 10.1128/jcm.02936-13.

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):1469-1481. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2013.03.010.

El Baidouri F, Diancourt L, Berry V, Chevenet F, Pratlong F, Marty P, Ravel C. Genetic structure and evolution of the Leishmania genus in Africa and Eurasia: what does MLSA tell us. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(6):e2255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002255.

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 of Leishmania major. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(2):e2058. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002058.

Gouzelou E, Haralambous C, Antoniou M, Christodoulou V, Martinković F, Živičnjak T, Smirlis D, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Özbel Y, Toz SÖ, Presber W, Schönian G, Soteriadou K. Genetic diversity and structure in Leishmania infantum populations from southeastern Europe revealed by microsatellite analysis. Parasit Vectors. 2013;6:342. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-342.

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 Sergentomyia minuta, which is not an Exclusive Herpetophilic Species, be Implicated in the Transmission of Pathogens? Ann Entomol Soc Am. 2013;106(1):79-85. doi: 10.1603/an11186.

Lachaud L, Dedet JP, Marty P, Faraut F, Buffet P, Gangneux JP, Ravel C, Bastien P, Working Group for the Notification of Human Leishmanioses in France. Surveillance of leishmaniases in France, 1999 to 2012. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(29):20534. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.28.20534.

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):400-402. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12065.

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, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis French Study Group. Travelers with cutaneous leishmaniasis cured without systemic therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2013;57(3):370-380. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit269.

Ntais P, Sifaki-Pistola D, Christodoulou V, Messaritakis I, Pratlong F, Poupalos G, Antoniou M. Leishmaniases in Greece. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013;89(5):906-915. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0070.

Pratlong F, Lami P, Ravel C, Balard Y, Dereure J, Serres G, El Baidouri F, Dedet JP. Geographical distribution and epidemiological features of Old World Leishmania infantum and Leishmania donovani foci, based on the isoenzyme analysis of 2277 strains. Parasitology. 2013;140(4):423-434. doi: 10.1017/s0031182012001825.

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):564-569. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0771.

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 for Leishmania species typing in European tropical infectious disease clinics. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(30):20543. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.30.20543.

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 of Leishmania RNA virus in Leishmania parasites. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013;7(1):e2006. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002006.

2012

Aït-Oudhia K, Gazanion E, Sereno D, Oury B, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Lachaud L. In vitro susceptibility to antimonials and amphotericin B of Leishmania infantum strains isolated from dogs in a region lacking drug selection pressure. Vet Parasitol. 2012;187(3-4):386-393. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.01.034.

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 of Leishmania tropica from foci in northern Palestine and discovery of zymodeme MON-307. Parasit Vectors. 2012;5:121. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-121.

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 of Leishmania major DNA in Sergentomyia (Spelaeomyia) darlingi from cutaneous leishmaniasis foci in Mali. PLoS One. 2012;7(1):e28266. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028266.

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 by Leishmania siamensis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012;86(5):821-824. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0707.

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 of Leishmania from clinical samples. Pathol Biol (Paris). 2012;60(6):e75-9. doi: 10.1016/j.patbio.2011.11.011.

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;12(3):214-222. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0004.

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. Leishmania resistance to miltefosine associated with genetic marker. Emerg Infect Dis. 2012;18(4):704-706. doi: 10.3201/eid1804.110841.

Couppié P. Leishmanioses cutanées et cutanéomuqueuses. In: Thérapeutique dermatologique. Fondation René Touraine. Masson; 2012. [Chapitre]

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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001507.

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):221-228. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.08.012.

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 to Leishmania killicki in Metlaoui, southwestern Tunisia: probable role of Phlebotomus sergenti in the transmission. Acta Trop. 2012;122(3):276-283. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.01.014.

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. doi: 10.3201/eid1806.120158.

Libert C, Ravel C, Pratlong F, Lami P, Dereure J, Keck N. Leishmania infantum infection in two captive barbary lions (Panthera leo leo). J Zoo Wildl Med. 2012;43(3):685-688. doi: 10.1638/2012-0056.1.

Mansouri R, Pratlong F, Bachi F, Hamrioui B, Dedet JP. The first isoenzymatic characterizations of the Leishmania strains responsible for cutaneous leishmaniasis in the area of Annaba (eastern Algeria). Open Conf Proc J. 2012;3(Suppl 2-M2):6-11. doi: 10.2174/2210289201203020006.

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 and Leishmania major/HIV co-infection in Cameroon: results of a large cross-sectional study. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2012;106(3):137-142. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.10.012.

Ranasinghe S, Zhang WW, Wickremasinghe R, Abeygunasekera P, Chandrasekharan V, Athauda S, Mendis S, Hulangamuwa S, Matlashewski G, Pratlong F. Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37 isolated from an autochthonous visceral leishmaniasis patient in Sri Lanka. Pathog Glob Health. 2012;106(7):421-424. doi: 10.1179/2047773212y.0000000054.

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):20-22. doi: 10.1159/000337341.

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. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-5-144.

2011

Aït-Oudhia K, Harrat Z, Benikhlef R, Dedet JP, Pratlong F. Canine Leishmania infantum enzymatic polymorphism: a review including 1023 strains of the Mediterranean area, with special reference to Algeria. Acta Trop. 2011;118(2):80-86. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.03.001.

Bañuls AL, 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(10):1451-1461. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03640.x.

Bastien P. Leishmaniases control: what part for development and what part for research? Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011;17(10):1449-1450. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03588.x.

Boubidi SC, 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(7):691-696. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2011.02.008.

Buffet PA, Rosenthal É, Gangneux JP, Lightburne E, Couppié P, Morizot G, Lachaud L, Marty P, Dedet JP, Société de Pathologie Exotique. Traitement des leishmanioses en France : proposition d’un référentiel consensuel. Presse Med. 2011;40(2):173-184. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2010.09.023.

Farkas R, Tánczos B, Bongiorno G, Maroli M, Dereure J, Ready PD. First surveys to investigate the presence of canine leishmaniasis and its phlebotomine vectors in Hungary. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2011;11(7):823-834. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0186.

Faucher B, Pomares C, Fourcade S, Benyamine A, Marty P, Pratlong L, Faraut F, Mary C, Piarroux R, Dedet JP, Pratlong F. Mucosal Leishmania infantum leishmaniasis: specific pattern in a multicentre survey and historical cases. J Infect. 2011;63(1):76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.03.012.

Franco AO, Davies CR, Mylne A, Dedet JP, Gállego M, Ballart C, Gramiccia M, Gradoni L, Molina R, Gálvez R, Morillas-Márquez F, Barón-López S, Pires CA, Afonso MO, Ready PD, Cox J. Predicting the distribution of canine leishmaniasis in western Europe based on environmental variables. Parasitology. 2011;138(14):1878-1891. doi: 10.1017/s003118201100148x.

Jaouadi K, Haouas N, Chaara D, Gorcii M, Chargui N, Augot D, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, 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. Parasit Vectors. 2011;4:159. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-159.

Rougeron V, Bañuls AL, Carme B, Simon S, Couppié P, Nacher M, Hide M, De Meeûs T. Reproductive strategies and population structure in Leishmania: substantial amount of sex in Leishmania Viannia guyanensis. Mol Ecol. 2011;20(15):3116-3127. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05162.x.

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(10):670-673. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2010.00846.x.

Chamaillé L, Tran A, Meunier A, Bourdoiseau G, Ready P, Dedet JP. Environmental risk mapping of canine leishmaniasis in France. Parasit Vectors. 2010;3:31. doi: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-31.

Dedet JP. Les leishmanioses en France métropolitaine. Bull Epidemiol Hebd. 2010;(hors-série):9-12. Source.

Faye B, Bañuls AL, Bucheton B, Dione MM, Bassanganam O, Hide M, Dereure J, Choisy M, Ndiaye JL, Konaté O, Claire M, Senghor MW, Faye MN, Sy I, Niang AA, Molez JF, 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(14-15):1219-1225. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2010.09.003.

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(1):63-65. doi: 10.1159/000258675.

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(2):152-158. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.06.011.

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;2010:819060. doi: 10.1155/2010/819060.

Mazeris A, Soteriadou K, Dedet JP, 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(3):441-448. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0282.

Rougeron V, De Meeûs T, Hide M, Waleckx E, Dereure J, Arevalo J, Llanos-Cuentas A, Bañuls AL. A battery of 12 microsatellite markers for genetic analysis of the Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis complex. Parasitology. 2010;137(13):1879-1884. doi: 10.1017/s0031182010000776.

2009

Ait-Oudhia K, Lami P, Lesceu S, Harrat Z, Hamrioui B, Dedet JP, Pratlong F. Increase in the prevalence of canine leishmaniasis in urban Algiers (Algeria) following the 2003 earthquake. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2009;103(8):679-692. doi: 10.1179/000349809×12554106963591.

Alam MZ, Haralambous C, Kuhls K, Gouzelou E, Sgouras D, Soteriadou K, Schnur L, Pratlong F, Schönian G. The paraphyletic composition of Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37 revealed by multilocus microsatellite typing. Microbes Infect. 2009;11(6-7):707-715. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2009.04.009.

Antoniou M, Haralambous C, Mazeris A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Soteriadou K. Leishmania donovani leishmaniasis in Cyprus. Lancet Infect Dis. 2009;9(2):76-77. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(09)70004-0.

Berens-Riha N, Fleischmann E, Pratlong F, Bretzel G, von Sonnenburg F, Löscher T. Cutaneous leishmaniasis (Leishmania tropica) in a German tourist after travel to Greece. J Travel Med. 2009;16(3):220-222. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2008.00291.x.

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(6):1353-1370. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06594.x.

Chargui N, Amro A, Haouas N, Schönian G, Babba H, Schmidt S, Ravel C, Lefebvre M, Bastien P, Chaker E, Aoun K, Zribi M, Kuhls K. Population structure of Tunisian Leishmania infantum and evidence for the existence of hybrids and gene flow between genetically different populations. Int J Parasitol. 2009;39(7):801-811. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.11.016.

Dereure J, Vanwambeke SO, Malé P, Martinez S, Pratlong F, Balard Y, Dedet JP. 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 Zoonotic Dis. 2009;9(6):687-694. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0126.

Harrat Z, Boubidi SC, Pratlong F, Benikhlef R, Selt B, Dedet JP, Ravel C, Belkaid M. Description of a dermatropic Leishmania close to L. killicki (Rioux, Lanotte & Pratlong 1986) in Algeria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2009;103(7):716-720. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.013.

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 and Leishmania infantum. Clin Infect Dis. 2009;48(2):e16-22. doi: 10.1086/595710.

Maubon D, Guillou CT, Ravel C, Leccia MT, Pelloux H. Leishmania killicki imported from Tunisian desert. Emerg Infect Dis. 2009;15(11):1864-1865. doi: 10.3201/eid1511.090148.

Pratlong F, Dereure J, Ravel C, Lami P, Balard Y, Serres G, Lanotte G, Rioux JA, Dedet JP. Geographical distribution and epidemiological features of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis foci, based on the isoenzyme analysis of 1048 strains. Trop Med Int Health. 2009;14(9):1071-1085. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02336.x.

2008

Alvar J, Aparicio P, Aseffa A, Den Boer M, Cañavate C, Dedet JP, Gradoni L, Ter Horst R, López-Vélez R, Moreno J. The relationship between leishmaniasis and AIDS: the second 10 years. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2008;21(2):334-59. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00061-07.

Antoniou M, Haralambous C, Mazeris A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Soteriadou K. Leishmania donovani leishmaniasis in Cyprus. Lancet Infect Dis. 2008;8(1):6-7. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(07)70297-9.

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 Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2008;48(1):13-19. doi: 10.1097/qai.0b013e318166af5d.

Dujardin JC, Campino L, Cañavate C, Dedet JP, 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(7):1013-1018. doi: 10.3201/eid1407.071589.

Gradoni L, Soteriadou K, Louzir H, Dakkak A, Toz SO, Jaffe C, Dedet JP, Campino L, Cañavate C, Dujardin JC. Drug regimens for visceral leishmaniasis in Mediterranean countries. Trop Med Int Health. 2008;13(10):1272-1276. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02144.x.

Haralambous C, Antoniou M, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Soteriadou K. Development of a molecular assay specific for the Leishmania donovani complex that discriminates L. donovani/Leishmania infantum zymodemes: a useful tool for typing MON-1. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008;60(1):33-42. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.019.

Kallel K, Haouas N, Pratlong F, Kaouech E, Belhadj S, Anane S, Dedet JP, Babba H, Chaker E. La leishmaniose cutanée due à Leishmania infantum MON-24 en Tunisie : extension du foyer vers le centre du pays. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2008;101(1):29-31. Source.

Kallel K, Pratlong F, Haouas N, Kaouech E, Belhadj S, Anane S, Dedet JP, Babba H, Chaker E. Isoenzymatic variability of Leishmania infantum in Tunisia concerning 254 human strains. Acta Trop. 2008;106(2):132-136. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.02.006.

Kuhls K, Chicharro C, Cañavate C, Cortes S, Campino L, Haralambous C, Soteriadou K, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Mauricio I, Miles M, Schaar M, Ochsenreither S, Radtke OA, Schönian G. Differentiation and gene flow among European populations of Leishmania infantum MON-1. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2008;2(7):e261. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000261.

Morio F, Reynes J, Dollet M, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, 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(11):3845-3847. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01098-08.

Pratlong F, Dedet JP. Les infections parasitaires chez les transplantés. 2. Leishmanioses. Rev Francoph Lab. 2008;2008(403):49-52. doi: 10.1016/S1773-035X(08)73335-5.

van der Meide W, de Vries H, Pratlong F, van der Wal A, Sabajo L. Leishmaniasis, Suriname. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008;14(5):857-859. doi: 10.3201/eid1405.070433.

2007

Foulet F, Botterel F, Buffet P, Morizot G, Rivollet D, Deniau M, Pratlong F, Costa JM, Bretagne S. Detection and identification of Leishmania species from clinical specimens by using a real-time PCR assay and sequencing of the cytochrome B gene. J Clin Microbiol. 2007;45(7):2110-2115. doi: 10.1128/jcm.02555-06.

Fouque F, Gaborit P, Issaly J, Carinci R, Gantier JC, Ravel C, Dedet JP. Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) associated with changing patterns in the transmission of the human cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2007;102(1):35-40. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762007000100005.

Gangneux JP, Sauzet S, Donnard S, Meyer N, Cornillet A, Pratlong F, Guiguen C. Recurrent American cutaneous leishmaniasis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2007;13(9):1436-1438. doi: 10.3201/eid1309.061446.

Haouas N, Gorcii M, Chargui N, Aoun K, Bouratbine A, Messaadi Akrout F, Masmoudi A, Zili J, Ben Said M, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Mezhoud H, Azaiez R, Babba H. Leishmaniasis in central and southern Tunisia: current geographical distribution of zymodemes. Parasite. 2007;14(3):239-246. doi: 10.1051/parasite/2007143239.

Haouas N, Pesson B, Boudabous R, Dedet JP, Babba H, Ravel C. Development of a molecular tool for the identification of Leishmania reservoir hosts by blood meal analysis in the insect vectors. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;77(6):1054-1059. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.1054.

Haralambous C, Dakkak A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Soteriadou K. First detection and genetic typing of Leishmania infantum MON-24 in a dog from the Moroccan Mediterranean coast: genetic diversity of MON-24. Acta Trop. 2007;103(1):69-79. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2007.05.008.

Lukes J, Mauricio IL, Schönian G, Dujardin JC, Soteriadou K, Dedet JP, Kuhls K, Tintaya KW, Jirků M, Chocholová E, Haralambous C, Pratlong F, Oborník M, Horák A, Ayala FJ, Miles MA. Evolutionary and geographical history of the Leishmania donovani complex with a revision of current taxonomy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007;104(22):9375-9380. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0703678104.

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(7):563-574. doi: 10.1179/136485907×229121.

Morizot G, Delgiudice P, Caumes E, Laffitte E, Marty P, Dupuy A, Sarfati C, Hadj-Rabia S, Darie H, LE Guern AS, Salah AB, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Grögl M, Buffet PA. Healing of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis in travelers treated with fluconazole: drug effect or spontaneous evolution? Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;76(1):48-52. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.48.

Rotureau B, Couppié P, Nacher M, Dedet JP, Carme B. Les leishmanioses cutanées en Guyane française. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2007;100(4):251-260. Source.

Volf P, Benkova I, Myskova J, Sadlova J, Campino L, Ravel C. Increased transmission potential of Leishmania major/Leishmania infantum hybrids. Int J Parasitol. 2007;37(6):589-593. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.02.002.

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(6):1328-1335. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.07872.x.

2006

Campino L, Pratlong F, Abranches P, Rioux JA, Santos-Gomes G, Alves-Pires C, Cortes S, Ramada J, Cristovão JM, Afonso MO, Dedet JP. Leishmaniasis in Portugal: enzyme polymorphism of Leishmania infantum based on the identification of 213 strains. Trop Med Int Health. 2006;11(11):1708-1714. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01728.x.

Cortes S, Mauricio I, Almeida A, Cristovão JM, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Campino L. Application of kDNA as a molecular marker to analyse Leishmania infantum diversity in Portugal. Parasitol Int. 2006;55(4):277-283. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2006.07.003.

Mauricio IL, Yeo M, Baghaei M, Doto D, Pratlong F, Zemanova E, Dedet JP, Lukes J, Miles MA. Towards multilocus sequence typing of the Leishmania donovani complex: resolving genotypes and haplotypes for five polymorphic metabolic enzymes (ASAT, GPI, NH1, NH2, PGD). Int J Parasitol. 2006;36(7):757-769. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.03.006.

Ravel C, Cortes S, Pratlong F, Morio F, Dedet JP, Campino L. First report of genetic hybrids between two very divergent Leishmania species: Leishmania infantum and Leishmania major. Int J Parasitol. 2006;36(13):1383-1388. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.06.019.

Rotureau B, Ravel C, Aznar C, Carme B, Dedet JP. First report of Leishmania infantum in French Guiana: canine visceral leishmaniasis imported from the Old World. J Clin Microbiol. 2006;44(3):1120-1122. doi: 10.1128/jcm.44.3.1120-1122.2006.

Rotureau B, Ravel C, Nacher M, Couppié P, Curtet I, Dedet JP, Carme B. Molecular epidemiology of Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis in French Guiana. J Clin Microbiol. 2006;44(2):468-473. doi: 10.1128/jcm.44.2.468-473.2006.

2005

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 of Leishmania infantum belonging to a new zymodeme. Trop Med Int Health. 2005;10(6):618-620. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01419.x.

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 a review of the literature. Microbes Infect. 2005;7(13):1370-1375. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.06.002.

Garin YJ, Meneceur P, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Derouin F, Lorenzo F. A2 gene of Old World cutaneous Leishmania is a single highly conserved functional gene. BMC Infect Dis. 2005;5:18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-18.

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 of Leishmania killicki outside its original focus of Tataouine. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2005;99(7):499-501. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.11.012.

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):11-19. doi: 10.1179/136485905×19874.

Kuhls K, Mauricio IL, Pratlong F, Presber W, Schönian G. Analysis of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences of the Leishmania donovani complex. Microbes Infect. 2005;7(11-12):1224-1234. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.04.009.

Pratlong F, Debord T, Garnotel E, Garrabé 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):21-25. doi: 10.1179/136485905×15553.

2004

Antoniou M, Doulgerakis C, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Tselentis Y. Short report: Treatment failure due to mixed infection by different strains of the parasite Leishmania infantum. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004;71(1):71-72. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.71.

Couppié 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):1165-1171. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06226.x.

Pratlong F, Rioux JA, Marty P, Faraut-Gambarelli F, Dereure J, Lanotte G, Dedet JP. Isoenzymatic analysis of 712 strains of Leishmania infantum in the south of France and relationship of enzymatic polymorphism to clinical and epidemiological features. J Clin Microbiol. 2004;42(9):4077-4082. doi: 10.1128/jcm.42.9.4077-4082.2004.

Quispe 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 the Leishmania donovani complex. J Infect Dis. 2004;189(6):1035-1043. doi: 10.1086/382049.

Rhajaoui M, Fellah H, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Lyagoubi M. Leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica MON-102 in a new Moroccan focus. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2004;98(5):299-301. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)00071-3.

Saliba EK, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Saleh N, Khoury SA, Oumeish OY, Batayneh O, Al-Oran R. Identification of Leishmania strains from Jordan. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2004;98(7):677-683. doi: 10.1179/000349804×3144.

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 of leishmania tropica from a Judean desert focus, exposing intraspecific diversity and incriminating phlebotomus sergenti as its vector. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2004;70(4):364-372. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.70.364.

2003

Basset D, Pratlong F, Dereure J, Ravel C, Dedet JP. 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; 2003. p. 215-217. [Chapitre] Source.

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; author reply 2272. doi: 10.1128/jcm.41.5.2272.2003.

Belhadj S, Pratlong F, Hammami M, Kallel K, Dedet JP, Chaker E. Human cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in the Sidi Bourouis focus (Northern Tunisia): epidemiological study and isoenzymatic characterization of the parasites. Acta Trop. 2003;85(1):83-86. doi: 10.1016/s0001-706x(02)00255-3.

Dedet JP, Pratlong F. Leishmanioses. In: Ripert C, éditeur. Épidémiologie des maladies parasitaires. Tome 3. Opportunistes. Cachan: Éditions Médicales Internationales; 2003. p. 221-241. [Chapitre]

Dereure J, Duong Thanh H, Lavabre-Bertrand T, Cartron G, Bastides F, Richard-Lenoble D, Dedet JP. Visceral leishmaniasis. Persistence of parasites in lymph nodes after clinical cure. J Infect. 2003;47(1):77-81. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(03)00002-1.

Dereure J, El-Safi SH, Bucheton B, Boni M, Kheir MM, Davoust B, Pratlong F, Feugier E, Lambert M, Dessein A, Dedet JP. Visceral leishmaniasis in eastern Sudan: parasite identification in humans and dogs; host-parasite relationships. Microbes Infect. 2003;5(12):1103-1108. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2003.07.003.

Gangneux JP, Menotti J, Lorenzo F, Sarfati C, Blanche H, Bui H, Pratlong F, Garin YJ, Derouin F. Prospective value of PCR amplification and sequencing for diagnosis and typing of old world Leishmania infections in an area of nonendemicity. J Clin Microbiol. 2003;41(4):1419-1422. doi: 10.1128/jcm.41.4.1419-1422.2003.

Guiguemdé RT, Sawadogo OS, Bories C, Traore KL, Nezien D, Nikiema L, Pratlong F, Marty P, Houin R, Deniau M. Leishmania major and HIV co-infection in Burkina Faso. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003;97(2):168-169. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90109-x.

Jacobson RL, Eisenberger CL, Svobodova M, Baneth G, Sztern J, Carvalho J, Nasereddin A, El Fari M, Shalom U, Volf P, Votypka J, Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Schonian G, Schnur LF, Jaffe CL, Warburg A. Outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Israel. J Infect Dis. 2003;188(7):1065-1073. doi: 10.1086/378204.

Karunaweera ND, Pratlong F, Siriwardane HV, Ihalamulla RL, Dedet JP. Sri Lankan cutaneous leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania donovani zymodeme MON-37. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2003;97(4):380-381. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(03)90061-7.

Pratlong F, Dereure J, Deniau M, Marty P, Faraut-Gambarelli F, Dedet JP. Enzymatic polymorphism during Leishmania/HIV co-infection: a study of 381 Leishmania strains received between 1986 and 2000 at the international cryobank in Montpellier, France. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2003;97 Suppl 1:47-56. doi: 10.1179/000349803225002525.

2002

Belhadj S, Pratlong F, Toumi NH, Kallel K, Mahjoub H, Babba H, Azaiez R, Dedet JP, Chaker E. Visceral leishmaniasis in Tunisia: result of the isoenzymatic characterization of 65 Leishmania infantum strains. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002;96(6):627-630. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90332-9.

Cardoso L, Santos H, Cordeiro-da-Silva A, Pratlong F, Dedet JP, Rodrigues M. Leishmania infantum MON-98: infection in a dog from Alto Douro, Portugal. Acta Trop. 2002;83(1):83-85. doi: 10.1016/s0001-706x(02)00060-8.

Dedet JP, Pratlong F. Leishmaniases. In: Cook G, Zumla A, éditeurs. Manson’s tropical diseases. London: Harcourt Health Sciences; 2002. p. 1339-1364. [Chapitre]

Gállego M, Pratlong F, Riera C, Muñoz C, Ribera E, Fisa R, Rioux JA, Dedet JP, Portús M. Isoenzymatic identification of Leishmania isolates from repeated clinical human leishmaniasis episodes in Catalonia (Spain). Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2002;96(1):45-47. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90235-x.

Lemrani M, Nejjar R, Pratlong F. A new Leishmania tropica zymodeme–causative agent of canine visceral leishmaniasis in northern Morocco. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002;96(6):637-638. doi: 10.1179/000349802125001645.

Noyes H, Pratlong F, Chance M, Ellis J, Lanotte G, Dedet JP. A previously unclassified trypanosomatid responsible for human cutaneous lesions in Martinique (French West Indies) is the most divergent member of the genus Leishmania ss. Parasitology. 2002;124(Pt 1):17-24. doi: 10.1017/s0031182001008927.

Pratlong F, Deniau M, Darie H, Eichenlaub S, Pröll S, Garrabe E, le Guyadec T, Dedet JP. Human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania naiffi is wide-spread in South America. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2002;96(8):781-785. doi: 10.1179/000349802125002293.

2001

Alves-Pires C, Campino L, Afonso MO, Santos-Gomes G, Dedet JP, Pratlong F. Les phlébotomes du Portugal. X. Infestation naturelle de Phlebotomus perniciosus par Leishmania infantum MON-1 en Algarve. Parasite. 2001;8(4):374-375. Source.

Basset D, Pratlong F, Ravel C, Puechberty J, Dereure J, Dedet JP. Les leishmanioses déclarées en France en 1999. Bull Epidemiol Hebd. 2001;(5):19-21. Source.

Benikhlef R, Pratlong F, Harrat Z, Seridi N, Bendali-Braham S, Belkaid M, Dedet JP. Leishmaniose viscérale infantile causée par Leishmania infantum zymodème MON-24 en Algérie. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2001;94(1):14-16. Source.

Bogdan C, Schönian G, Bañuls AL, Hide M, Pratlong F, Lorenz E, Röllinghoff M, Mertens R. Visceral leishmaniasis in a German child who had never entered a known endemic area: case report and review of the literature. Clin Infect Dis. 2001;32(2):302-306. doi: 10.1086/318476.

Del Giudice P, Marty P, Boissy C, Haik A, Pratlong F, Delaunay-Kaidomar F, Rosenthal E, Counillon E, Le Fichoux Y. Confirmation de Leishmania infantum MON-24, agent de leishmaniose cutanée dans le sud-est de la France. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2001;94(1):17-18. Source.

Gállego M, Pratlong F, Fisa R, Riera C, Rioux JA, Dedet JP, Portús M. The life-cycle of Leishmania infantum MON-77 in the Priorat (Catalonia, Spain) involves humans, dogs and sandflies; also literature review of distribution and hosts of L. infantum zymodemes in the Old World. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001;95(3):269-271. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90231-7.

Gállego M, Pratlong F, Riera C, Fisa R, Muñoz C, Dedet JP, Portús M. Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum in the northeast of Spain: the isoenzymatic analysis of parasites. Arch Dermatol. 2001;137(5):667-668. Source.

Pratlong F, Dereure J, Bucheton B, El-Saf S, Dessein A, Lanotte G, Dedet JP. Sudan: the possible original focus of visceral leishmaniasis. Parasitology. 2001;122(Pt 6):599-605. doi: 10.1017/s0031182001007867.

Thakur CP, Dedet JP, Narain S, Pratlong F. Leishmania species, drug unresponsiveness and visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2001;95(2):187-189. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(01)90160-9.

Zerpa O, Pratlong F, Ulrich M, Convit J. Isolation of Leishmania infantum, zymodeme MON-1 from canine and human visceral leishmaniasis on Margarita Island, Venezuela. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 2001;96(7):901-902. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02762001000700003.

2000

Belhadj S, Pratlong F, Mahjoub H, Toumi NH, Azaiez R, Dedet JP, Chaker E. Leishmaniose viscérale infantile à Leishmania infantum MON-24 : une réalité en Tunisie. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 2000;93(1):12-13. Source.

Dedet J, Pratlong F. Taxonomie des Leishmania et distribution géographique des leishmanioses. Ann Dermatol Venereol. 2000;127(4):421-424. Source.

Dedet JP, Pratlong F. Leishmania, Trypanosoma and monoxenous trypanosomatids as emerging opportunistic agents. J Eukaryot Microbiol. 2000;47(1):37-39. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00008.x.

Dereure J, Boni M, Pratlong F, el Hadi Osman M, Bucheton B, el-Safi S, Feugier E, Musa MK, Davoust B, Dessein A, Dedet JP. Visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan: first identifications of Leishmania from dogs. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 2000;94(2):154-155. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(00)90253-0.

Luz E, Membrive N, Castro EA, Dereure J, Pratlong F, Dedet JA, Pandey A, Thomaz-Soccol V. Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae) as vector of Leishmania (V.) braziliensis in Paraná state, southern Brazil. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2000;94(6):623-631. doi: 10.1080/00034983.2000.11813585.

Thomaz-Soccol V, Velez ID, Pratlong F, Agudelos S, Lanotte G, Rioux JA. Enzymatic polymorphism and phylogenetic relationships in Leishmania Ross, 1903 (Sarcomastigophora: Kinetoplastida): a case study in Colombia. Syst Parasitol. 2000;46(1):59-68. doi: 10.1023/a:1006379309576.

1999

Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Lanotte G, Ravel C. Cutaneous leishmaniasis. The parasite. Clin Dermatol. 1999;17(3):261-268. doi: 10.1016/s0738-081x(99)00044-9.

Dedet JP, Pratlong F, Pradinaud R, Moreau B. Delayed culture of Leishmania in skin biopsies. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1999;93(6):673-674. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(99)90094-9.

Dereure J, Pratlong F, Dedet JP. Geographical distribution and the identification of parasites causing canine leishmaniasis in the Mediterranean Basin. In: Killick-Kendrick R, éditeur. Canine leishmaniasis: an update. Hoechst Roussel Vet; 1999. p. 18-25. [Chapitre]

Pratlong F, Lanotte G. Identification, taxonomie et phylogénèse. In: Dedet JP, éditeur. Les leishmanioses. Paris: Ellipses; 1999. p. 22-40. [Chapitre]

1998

Buffet PA, Sarfati C, Rybojad M, Pratlong F, Derouin F, Morel P, Dedet JP. Premier cas de leishmaniose cutanée à Leishmania infantum en Corse. Med Trop (Mars). 1998;58(4):375-377. Source.

Dereure J, Lanotte G, Pratlong F, Gouvernet J, Majhour J, Belazzoug S, Khiami A, Rageh HA, Jarry D, Périères J, Rioux JA. Leishmaniose canine à Leishmania infantum : intérêt et réalisation du test au latex. Applications en éco-épidémiologie. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1998;91(4):300-305. Source.

Dondji B, Dereure J, Pratlong F, Duhlinska DD, Same-Ekobo A, Dedet JP. Characterization of Leishmania major causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Cameroon. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1998;92(6):677-678. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(98)90810-0.

Harrat Z, Pratlong F, Benikhlef R, Lami P, Belkaid M, Dedet JP. Leishmania major MON-74 as a causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Burkina Faso. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1998;92(3):355. doi: 10.1016/s0035-9203(98)91041-0.

Marty P, Lacour JP, Pratlong F, Perrin C, del Giudice P, Le Fichoux Y. Leishmaniose cutanée localisée due à Leishmania infantum MON-1 contractée dans le Nord de l’Algérie. Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1998;91(2):146-147. Source.

Ozon C, Marty P, Pratlong F, Breton C, Blein M, Lelièvre A, Haas P. Disseminated feline leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum in Southern France. Vet Parasitol. 1998;75(2-3):273-277. doi: 10.1016/s0304-4017(97)00174-x.

1997

Campino L, Santos-Gomes GM, Pratlong F, Antunes F, Maurício I, Dedet JP, Abranches P. HIV/Leishmania co-infections in Portugal: diagnosis and isoenzyme characterization of Leishmania. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 1997;91(4):433-436. doi: 10.1080/00034989761067.

Chouicha N, Lanotte G, Pratlong F, Cuba Cuba CA, Velez ID, Dedet JP. Phylogenetic taxonomy of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis based on isoenzymatic study of 137 isolates. Parasitology. 1997;115 ( Pt 4):343-348. doi: 10.1017/s0031182097001376.