this study was carried out in arsanjan county fars province, a new focus of zcl, during 1999-2000. totally fifty nine meriones libycus captured by live traps and four out of them (6.8%) were naturally infected with parasites. parasites were cultured in monophasic medium rpmi 1640 and isolated promastigotes were identified using rapd-pcr test in medical parasitology unit of shiraz university of ...

Background and aim: Malassezia species are part of the resident skin flora of humans. These yeasts are associated with various superficial diseases, including seborrheic dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, dandruff, and psoriasis. Various DNA-based molecular methods have been recently described to differentiate species of Malassezia. In this survey, a simple, reliable, and cost effective PCR-b...

Four native species of parasitic mites belonging to the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart, 1896 (Acariformes: Chirodiscidae) are recorded on the North American beaver Castor canadensis Kuhl, 1820 (Rodentia: Castoridae) from Russia. Totally ten beavers from all three main geographically isolated populations of in Russia (Leningrad Province, Voronezh Biosphere Reserve (beaver farm) and Khabarovsk Ter...

background cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) with diverse clinical manifestations is prevalent and remains a major public health problem in iran, while its incidence has been doubled over the last decade. this study was performed for the first time in larestan, fars province, located in southern part of iran to determine infectious patterns in the reservoir hosts and sand fly vectors using parasitol...

background rodents play a major role in economic losses and public health problems. these animals are considered as natural reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl), one of the major health concerns in iran. conclusions the spatial and temporal monitoring of wild rodents will help to predict the potential zoonotic rodent-borne diseases. objectives this research was aimed to stu...

Monkeys are important experimental models for investigating human diseases. The aim of this study was to survey the alimentary tract parasites among imported vervet monkeys (Cercopithecus aethiops) to Iran. Fecal samples were collected from 40 vervets imported from Tanzania to Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute of Iran. Fecal samples were assessed by direct smear and Telman sedimentation...

the aim of this study was to assess skin colonization by malassezia species in full-term healthy newborn calves and their dams. two hundred samples from the skins and ears of 50 neonatal calves and their dams were examined on two occasions, first and fourth weeks after birth. all of the samples were determined by cytological examination and fungal culture. the isolated yeasts were identified fo...

Actinomycetes were isolated from different organs viz. skin, gills and gut contents of three species of fishes viz. Mugil cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758), Chanos chanos (Forskal, 1775) and Etroplus suratensis (Bloch, 1780) using three different media from the Vellar estuary, situated along the southeast coast of India. Among the three fishes, M. cephalus harboured highest number of actinomycetes popu...