Three Leishmania species identified in domestic dogs in Tunisia: New insights into canine leishmaniosis

Lilia Zribi; Maria Paola Maurelli; Mariele De Santi; Maria Ortensia Montella; Aida Bouratbine; Valentina Foglia Manzillo; Laura Rinaldi; Karim Aoun; Gaetano Oliva

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0014299

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Three Leishmania species identified in domestic dogs in Tunisia: New insights into canine leishmaniosis

Lilia Zribi,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Lab of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnology & Biomolecules, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Maria Paola Maurelli,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples “Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Mariele De Santi,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples “Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Maria Ortensia Montella,

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples “Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Aida Bouratbine,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lab of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnology & Biomolecules, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Valentina Foglia Manzillo,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples “Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Laura Rinaldi,

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples “Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Karim Aoun,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lab of Medical Parasitology, Biotechnology & Biomolecules, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, University of Tunis El-Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Gaetano Oliva

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: gaetano.oliva@unina.it

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, University of Naples “Federico II, Naples, Italy

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2949-5479

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Three Leishmania species identified in domestic dogs in Tunisia: New insights into canine leishmaniosis

Lilia Zribi,
Maria Paola Maurelli,
Mariele De Santi,
Maria Ortensia Montella,
Aida Bouratbine,
Valentina Foglia Manzillo,
Laura Rinaldi,
Karim Aoun,
Gaetano Oliva

Published: May 11, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0014299

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