Publications by authors named "Brahim Gassen"
Article Synopsis
- This study analyzed tick species infesting camels in Tamanrasset, Algeria, using MALDI-TOF MS and molecular techniques.
- A total of 91 adult ticks were identified as various species, with 88 yielding quality spectra for species identification.
- The research also highlighted the identification of microorganisms associated with the ticks, including the first detection of a specific species in Algeria and a potential new species.
Background: and are two phlebotomine sand fly species morphologically similar and differing in males only by the shape of the copulatory valves which are bifurcated in , tip long and tapered in .
Methods: A count of the median coxite setae was carried out on 208 specimens from the collections of Dedet and of Parrot, identified previously as and on 38 male sand flies captured during the year 2012-2013, in order to seek the presence of atypical form.
Results: The analysis revealed the presence of 33/246 (13%) atypical previously confused with species and whose distribution is mainly located in the semi-arid and arid bioclimatic regions.