"epidemiological aspects of kala- azar in meshkin shar, iran: investigation on vectors"

Epidemiological aspects of kala-azar in Meshkin-Shahr, Iran: human infection.

During the last decade, kala-azar, which used to be a sporadic disease, became endemic in parts of East-Azerbaijan province in north-west Iran. Many of the 1051 cases observed between 1985 and 1990 were in the district of Meshkin-Shahr (800 cases). The diagnosis was based on symptoms and signs of the disease plus a positive serological test (indirect immunofluorescence assay or direct agglutina...

Epidemiological and Clinical Aspects of Kala-azar in Hospitalized Children of Kerman Province, during 1991-2006

Introduction: Leishmaniasis is a complex parasitic disease with various epidemiological and clinical features. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) can be extremely fatal in untreated cases. The objective of this study was to assess the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the disease in children with VL in Kerman province during 1991-2006. Method: In a descriptive-analytical survey, medical file...

cricetulus migratorius (gray hamster), another possible animal reservoir of kala-azar in meshkin-shahr, iran

altogether, 120 rodents of 4 species were trapped alive in various parts of meshkin-shar district where visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. 13 of them were cricetulus migratorius (gray hamste) that all were caught inside the living rooms. nine of them showed leishmania antibody in titers of ≥ 1:100 in direct agglutination test (dat) and amastigotes were found in the spleen smears of 2 cricetulus...

Kala Azar

To the Editor, "Indian Medical Gazette." Sir,?In the communication from Surgn.-Capt. P. W. O'Gorman in your issue for November regarding hda azar I see no mention of the fact of his having made use of the microscope in his search for anchylostomata. If, instead of straining the motion and examining them microscopically, he examines them microscopically according to the directions given by Sonsi...

Agranulocytosis in Kala-Azar

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acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...