background: although many studies had been conducted on various aspects of canine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) in domestic dogs in the endemic areas of iran, investigations on cvl in wild canines are rare. methods : this is a cross-sectional study was conducted from december 2012 to 2013 in northeast of iran where human vl is endemic. wild canines were trapped around the areas where human vl ca...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a well known public health problem in eastern parts of India. So far the cases have not been reported from Malwa plateu of Madhya Pradesh, to the best of our knowledge and available literature. We report here two cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis first time from the Malwa region. Both the cases are from the migratory population of Bihar. The diseases like Leishmania...

brucellosis is an endemic zoonotic infectious disease in middle east countries including iran. this infection may involve central nervous system. psychosis has been reported in rare cases with chronic brucellosis. a 26-year-old male shepherd patient who developed neuro-brucellosis and psychosis is presented. he had hallucinations (visual and auditory) and delusions. he was also impulsive and ha...

visceral leishmaniasis or kala azar is endemic in certain regions of india. in endemic areas, the con-stellation of fever, progressive weight loss, weakness, pronounced splenomegaly, anemia, leukopenia, and hypergammaglobulinemia is highly suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis. demonstration of the parasite in liver, splenic or bone marrow aspirates is confirmatory. we present a case in which le...

Disseminated coccidioidomycosis is a systemic fungal infection that is occurring more commonly and causes high mortality in patients with compromised host defense or debilitated. It is endemic in certain areas of North, Central, and South America. Increasingly, cases are being recognized outside the endemic area, due to travelers who have visited an endemic area. We experienced a case of dissem...

RA Hepatitis E, a disease caused by infection with the hepatitis E virus (HEV), is highly endemic in several developing countries in Asia and Africa where contamination of water supplies and lack of adequate sanitation are frequent. In these areas, a large proportion of cases of acute viral hepatitis are due to genotype 1 or 2 HEV infection. In contrast, the disease is quite infrequent in devel...

Oceanic islands are of fundamental importance for the conservation of biodiversity because they exhibit high endemism rates coupled with fast extinction rates. Nowhere in Europe is this pattern more conspicuous than in the Macaronesian biogeographic region. A large network of protected areas within the region has been developed, but the question of whether these areas will still be climatically...

Malaria is endemic in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world, including Saudi Arabia. The infection has serious consequences in those residing in non endemic regions on travelling to endemic areas, due to lack of immunity to the parasite. In this report, we describe the clinical course of two patients who travelled to a malaria endemic area. Both contracted the infection and present...

Endemic mycoses are important fungal infections in their respective habitats. In the Asia-Pacific region, an accurate epidemiological picture of endemic mycoses is elusive; few epidemiological surveys have been performed, and limited laboratory facilities and experience with fungal infections have further hampered recognition of infection. However, pockets of endemicity do indeed exist, and end...