Sahar Hamoon Navard

Department of Pathobiology School of Veterinary Science Bu-Ali Sina University Hamedan, Iran

[ 1 ] - An Overview on Leishmania Diagnosis

Leishmaniasis is now accounted as a health problem and categorized as a class I disease (emerging and uncontrolled) by World Health Organization (WHO), causing highly significant morbidity and mortality with different clinical presentations. The incidence of human leishmaniasis is increasing and its geographic distribution in humans and animals is shown to be wider than estimated before. Indeed...

[ 2 ] - Comparison of Pro-inflammatory Gene Expression Profile in Spleen and Peripheral Blood Neutrophils of BALB/C Mice Infected with Leishmania Major

Introduction: Leishmaniasis is one of the common diseases between humans and animals. The present study was to investigate the expression pattern of pro-inflammatory genes in different stages of cutaneous leishmaniasis progression in order to provide a standard framework for diagnosis of various stages of the disease. Methods: In this experimental study, 2×106 Leishmania major were injected in...