in this study, 16 eligible dogs were randomly divided in to 4 groups. group 1, 2, 3 and 4 received autoclaved leishmania infantum with bcg (ali+bcg), autoclaved leishmania major + bcg (alm + bcg), bcg alone and normal saline, respectively. dogs received the vaccines intradermally 3 times at 30 days intervals. all dogs were followed up 2 months intervals by leishmanin skin test and anti -leishma...

in order to determine the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the endemic focus of fars province in southern iran, collection and dissection of sand- flies were carried out in the town of ghjr in firooz - abad district. a total of 270 sand- flies were dissected. they consisted of ph. alexandri, ph. sergenti ph. papatasi and ph. major. five out of 150 ph. major was found infected with promastigo...

in a sand-fly survey, conducted for two years (1992-93) in ghirkarzjn, fars province a total of 1020 female phlebotomus keshishiani were dissected, of which 12 females were found to have promastigotes. promastigotes of six pb. keshishiani were inoculated to six hamsters and one hamster became infected, amastigotes were observed in the spleen, but the culture of parasite was not possible due to ...

background : adiponectin is an anti-inflammatory and antiatherogenic protein that has a protective effect against athero­sclero­sis and diabetes. it is exclusively secreted by adipose tissue. serum adiponectin levels are inversely associated with pa­rame­ters of overall adiposity including body mass index (bmi), fat mass, and percentage of body fat. methods : in a cross-sectional study of 76 wo...

background: visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is one of the most important parasitic diseases endemic in northwestern and southern areas of iran. the aim of the pre-sent study was to review the records of children hospitalized with vl in order to characterize the clinical features of children as well as laboratory finding in chil-dren medical center hospital, tehran, iran. methods: the medical record...

conclusions: according to our results, it is likely that the increased frequency of the fcγriiib-na1/na2 genotype is associated with impaired immune responses against vl and its subsequent clearance from the patient. results: our results indicated that polymorphisms within the fcγriiib gene (that lead to the expression of the na1/na2 isoforms) are significantly associated with vl. the results d...