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Ecology of Phlebotomine Sand Flies in the Rural ` Community of Mont Rolland (Thies Region, Senegal): Area of Transmission of Canine Leishmaniasis 1,4 1,2 3 2 4 3 Massila W. Senghor *, Malick N. Faye , Babacar Faye , Karamoko Diarra , Eric Elguero , Oumar Gaye , ˜ 4., Abdoul A. Niang1. Anne-Laure Banuls ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ 1 Laboratoire de Zoologie des Invertebres Terrestres, Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire Cheikh Anta Diop, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, 2 Departement ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ ´ de Biologie Animale, Faculte des Sciences, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal, 3 Service de Parasitologie-Mycologie Medicale, Universite Cheikh Anta Diop, ´ ´ ´ Dakar, Senegal, 4 Laboratoire MIVEGEC (UMR IRD 224-CNRS 5290-Universite Montpellier 1), Montpellier, France Abstract Background: Different epidemiological studies previously indicated that canine leishmaniasis is present in the region of ` Thies (Senegal). However, the risks to human health, the transmission cycle and particularly the implicated vectors are unknown. Methodology/Principal Findings: To improve our knowledge on the population of phlebotomine sand flies and the potential vectors of canine leishmaniasis, sand flies we