[Retrospective study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the district hospital of Am Timan, Chad]. / Étude rétrospective de la leishmaniose cutanée à l'hôpital de district d'Am Timan, Tchad.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is not included in the statistical yearbook of Health of the Ministry of Public Health. The aim of our study was to describe the epidemiological profile of cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis attended at the District Hospital of Am Timan in order to assess the importance and the prevalence of this neglected disease. This is a retrospective study of cases reported in the records of the Laboratory of the Hospital District of Am Timan between January 2008 and December 2012. It allowed the identification of 680 clinical cases. Direct microscopic diagnosis was positive in 580 cases (85%). The number of cases has been increasing from 2008 to 2010 (2008 = 80 cases, 123 cases in 2009; 2010 = 198 cases) before decreasing during the following year (2011 = 137 cases and in 2012 = 42 cases). The months of strong incidence of the cases were June, July, August and September. The M/F sex-ratio was 1.7.

[Study of phlebotomines sand fly wildlife suburban location of Bamako (Mali) presence of Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi]. / Étude de la faune phlébotomienne des zones périurbaines de Bamako (Mali), présence de Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi.

During three months of sampling, one thousand nine hundred and thirty five sand flies belonging to thirteen species of Phlebotomine sandflies were collected in suburban location of Bamako. Phlebotomus duboscqi, which is the common vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Mali, was found for the first time in Bamako mostly within human houses, which can confirm the possibility of a local transmission of Leishmania major. Sergentomyia freetownensis was found for the first time in Mali, which raises to 15 the number of sand flies species identified in Mali.