ardabil province, northwestern iran, is endemic for visceral leishmaniasis of mediterranean type from many years ago. this situation might cause to underestimate other important diseases, which occur spo­radically within the same area. in this case, a 6-year-old male patient in this area was treated as in­fected with visceral leishmaniasis initially with seropositive result for visceral leishma...

The lizard malarias are a taxonomically and ecologically diverse group of parasites that offer excellent models for research on the ecology of malaria in free-ranging non-human vertebrate hosts. Studies over the past decade show that plasmodia of lizards can play an important role in the ecology and behavior of their hosts. The behavior of malarial infections in lizards also reveals unsuspected...

b a ckground: malaria is an endemic infectious disease in southeastern parts of iran. despite years of efforts and intervention programs against malaria, transmission still occurs in jask county. m e t hods: the epidemiological perspective of malaria in jask county was conducted by gathering data from jask county health center, during 2006–2010. a knowledge, attitude and practice study was also...

The recent war, which carried troops into al1 the highly malarious regions of the world, gave great impetus to the search for better antimalaria1 drugs. The greatest concerted effort was put forth in the United States under the guidance of the Board for Coordination of Malaria1 Studies. The principal objective was the discovery of a drug of low toxicity which would also be at least one of the f...