Understanding the factors that determine the emergence of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica : Comparison of the density and mitochondrial lineage of Phlebotomus sergenti between endemic and free areas in Morocco

Running title: Factors for ACL emergence

Patricia Gijón-Robles^1,¥, Naima Abattouy², Gemma Merino-Espinosa¹, Nora El Khalfaoui³, Francisco Morillas-Márquez¹, Victoriano Corpas-López¹, Noureddine Jaaouani⁴Victoriano Díaz-Sáez¹, Myriam Riyad³, Joaquina Martín-Sánchez^1*