Mise au point sur le profil epidemiologique de la leishaminose viscerale humaine au Maroc [1957-1989]

The infantile visceral leishmaniasis in Morocco is due to the infantum Ieishmania for wich the dog is the principal home. The insects that may carry the parasite to man are numerous. It is the same for phiebotomes: phlebotomus ariasis and phiebotomus perniciosus are the main responsable in the transmission. In this study 216 cases of visceral leishmaniasis are gathered from 1957 to october 1989. Most of them are from the moroccan northen cities. Recently, we can add what this disease affects especially the child of 3 to 4 years old. The quick extension, of this disease from north to south, the affection of the adult and the infant in his carly years incite to intensify prophylaxis and treatement of the declared cases