Objective: To study the epidemiological, clinical charactristics and laboratory findings of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in children. Design: It is a retrospective study, hospital records of all children with diagnosis of VL were reviewed from 1991 through 2003. Setting: Hospitals affiliated to Ahvaz Jondi-Shapour University of Medical Sciences in the southwestern part of Iran. Subjects: Two hun...

Kala-azar (visceral leishmaniasis) is endemic in southern Iran. We retrospectively evaluated 367 infants and children with visceral leishmaniasis at hospitals affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Fars Province (located in the southwestern part of Iran). Seasonal variation was observed with more cases presenting in late winter, spring and a few in summer. The predominant clinic...

we describe a case of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) due to leishmania tropica in a 50-year-old iranian man lived in a vl-endemic area in southwest of iran. the patient presented with a 3-month history of fever and splenomegaly. clinical signs and serological findings were suggestive of vl. spleen biopsy was taken from the patient and intracellular forms of leishmania amastigotes was seen in giems...

background: visceral leishmaniasis (vl) or kala-azar is a parasitic disease caused by the species of leishmania donovani complex . it is endemic in some parts of provinces of iran. according to the reported cases of vl in kermanshah province in recent years, this study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of vl in high risk villages of the province. methods: totally, 1622 serum samples...

b a ckground: a two year seroepidemiological study was designed to find out the seroprevalence and risk factors ofcanine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) among stray and owned dogs in tehran and alborz provinces of iran. me t hods: blood samples of  602 dogs living in  11  counties of  tehran and  alborz  provinces were  taken by venipuncture in 2008–2010. after separation of blood sera, anti-leish...

b ackground: mediterranean type of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is present in different parts of iran. several studies have identified dogs as the main reservoirs of the vl caused by leishmania infantum in iran and other mediterranean regions. this study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis as animal reservoir host for human visceral leishmaniasis in boyer ahmad...

Leishmaniasis has long been known as a significant public health challenge in many parts of Iran. Phlebotomus papatasi and P. sergenti are the vectors of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis respectively, and 5 species of sand flies including P. kandelakii, P. neglectus, P. perfiliewi, P. keshishiani and P. alexandri are considered as probable vectors of Zo...

Background & Aims: Despite improvements in public health in Iran, cutaneous leishmaniasis has become a growing health issue. About 90% of cutaneous leishmaniasis cases occur in 8 countries including Iran. Kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis, as an important parasitic disease, is endemic in some areas of Iran. Mapping the distribution of parasitic diseases and determining their relations to geog...

visceral leishmaniasis due to leishmania infantum is endemic in many rural areas of iran. an investigation was carried out during april to november 2001 in ghahan rural district of qom province, in order to identify the phlebotomine sand fly fauna. 971 sand flies were totally collected from outdoor and indoor resting places by sticky traps. ten species of phle botomine sand flies including 8 sp...

leishmaniasis is one of the most important parasitic diseases in terms of human injury and economic consequences which has a wide range of clinical protests of skin damage to fatal visceral discomfort covers. kala-azar is a mediterranean-type in and its main reservoirs are dogs and canine family. currently the most common disease centers are in parts of provinces such as ardebil, fars, east of ...