A 32-year-old man was attacked by flies while camping around Khorram Abad, Lorestan Province, western Iran. Pruritic dermatitis with marked edema and considerable discomfort appeared mainly on the lower legs. The flies were identified as Simulium. Simuliids are tiny bloodsucking flies, popularly known as blackflies or buffalo flies, belonging to the dipterous, family Simulidae. They are occurre...

Hemoglobin D a hemoglobin variant occurs in a group of asianpopulation particularly from india, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq. In india, it is mainly reported in north western states of Haryana, PunJab and Gujarat. In heterozygous form, Hb D disease is mild and causes subclinical jaundice. In heterozygous form, it can cause severe hemolytic anemia. Here we present a similar case of Hb D with hemolytic j...

Metadon persicus Gilasian & Reemer sp. nov. is described, based on a single female specimen from the Zagros mountains in Iran. Morphological variation among the members of the genus Metadon Reemer and their distribution in the world are discussed. Photographs of the new species are provided. The subfamily Microdontinae represents a new taxon for southwestern Asia and the genus Metadon is report...

Fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease caused by Fasciola spp. We report five serologically and molecularly confirmed cases in an emerging region Iran. A retrospective, case series study, performed Lorestan Province, west of Iran between January 2015 June 2016. From 1256 patients examined, 16 had positive serum ELISA. Five were approved as infected with fasciolosis using stool exam PCR. Age ranged ...