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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">4290</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.14114</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Spatial Patterns and Temporal Trends of Human Leishmaniasis Incidence in Khemisset Province, Morocco&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M</surname><given-names>Hanna</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S</surname><given-names>Boussaa</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>K</surname><given-names>Raghay</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>I</surname><given-names>Mabchour</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M</surname><given-names>Fadli</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>3</day><month>01</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>9</fpage><lpage>15</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Leishmaniases are parasitic diseases caused by Leishmania species and transmitted by the phlebotomine sandflies. In Morocco, Leishmaniases are a major public health problem with two clinical forms: cutaneous and visceral Leishmaniasis. Khemisset Province is one of the Moroccan regions where cases of both cutaneous and visceral Leishmaniasis were reported without official data about epidemiological status. Epidemiological and entomological investigations were conducted in Khemisset Province based on 20-year epidemiological data (1997-2016). The results showed the presence of both clinical forms of Leishmaniasis in the study area. All ages and both genders were affected by these different forms of the disease. Five sandfly species were identified morphologically in the study area with the dominance of Phlebotomus sergenti (61.11%). The Province of Khemisset should be regarded as a potential focus for Leishmaniasis in the region because of the presence of all the components of the disease transmission cycles. It is suggested that the competent authorities monitor the Khemisset area constantly to prevent the danger and spread of this epidemic.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Leishmaniasis</kwd><kwd> Phlebotomy</kwd><kwd> Sandfly</kwd><kwd> Epidemiology</kwd><kwd> Morocco</kwd><kwd> Epidemic</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
