field trial of autoclaved leishmania vaccines for control of canine visceral leishmaniasis in meshkin-shahr, iran

Field Trial of Autoclaved Leishmania Vaccines for Control of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis in Meshkin-Shahr, Iran

Seroepidemiological study of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Meshkin shahr, Northwest of Iran

Integrated visceral leishmaniasis surveillance system in primary care for children in Meshkin-Shahr district, north-western Islamic Republic of Iran.

In 2001 a visceral leishmaniasis (VL) surveillance system was set up for children aged < or = 12 years in the primary health system in Meshkin-Shahr district of Ardebil province, north-western Islamic Republic of Iran. All cases with clinical signs and symptoms of VL and positive by the direct agglutination test were referred for physical examination and treatment. The mean annual incidence of ...

Seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in asymptomatic dogs in Iran

Clinically infected dogs have been identified as the main reservoir hosts of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)caused by Leishmania infantum. Recently asymptomatic infected dogs were regarded to be as important asclinically ill dogs. This study was aimed to determine the seroprevalence of L. infantum infection amongasymptomatic dogs in the southwest and central parts of Iran and to investigate possibl...

seroepidemiological study on canine visceral leishmaniasis in meshkin-shahr district, ardabil province, northwest of iran during 2006-2007

background: this study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in meshkin-shahr district as endemic areas of human visceral leishmaniasis (hvl) for presenting control program of hvl to health authorities.  methods: a seroepidemiological study to determine seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) among owner­ship dogs using direct agglutination tests (...

Seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in southeast of Iran.

Visceral leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in many parts of Iran and infected dogs constitute the main domestic reservoirs that play a key role in transmission to humans. The objective of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in southeast of Iran. This survey was carried out from 2009 to 2011 in Kerman, ...