Horizon 1 1 17 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES Parasite Epidemiology and Control e00247 [16 p.] Hosts Geographic distribution ZCL Seasonality of reservoirs Climate impacts MOYEN ORIENT AFRIQUE DU NORD 2022 fdi:010085231 ENG Parasite Epidemiology and Control 2405-6731 ISI:000803743000004 10.1016/j.parepi.2022.e00247 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010085231 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2022-07/010085231.pdf 17 Horizon (IRD) Rodents play a significant role in the balance of a terrestrial ecosystem; they are considered prey for many predators like owls and snakes. However, they present a high risk to agriculture (damaging crops) and health. These rodents are the main reservoirs of some vector-borne diseases like leishmaniasis. Meriones shawi (MS) and Psammomys obesus (PO) are the primary Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) reservoirs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). A review on the MS and PO at the MENA scale was explored. A database of about 1500 papers was used. 38 sites were investigated as foci for MS and 36 sites for PO, and 83 sites of Phlebotomus papatasi (Pp) in the studied region. An updated map at the regional scale and the trend of the reservoir distribution was carried out using a performing proper density analysis. In this paper, climatic conditions and habitat characteristics of these two reservoirs were reviewed. The association of rodent density with some climatic variables is another aspect explored in a case study from Tunisia in the period 2009-2015 using Pearson correlation. Lastly, the protection and control measures of the reservoir were analyzed. The high concentration of the MS, PO, and Pp can be used as an indicator to identify the high-risk area of leishmaniasis infection. 052 ; 050 ; 021 UR177 / UR224 Maroc