Visceral leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in many parts of Iran and infected dogs constitute the main domestic reservoirs that play a key role in transmission to humans. The objective of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in southeast of Iran. This survey was carried out from 2009 to 2011 in Kerman, ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Sandflies are reported as the vectors of different kinds of leishmaniasis to human. There are foci of the disease in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the fauna and species composition of sandflies to find the probable vectors of leishmaniasis in Nikshahr county, south-east of Iran, where cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic. METHODS Sandflies were collected b...

Leishmaniasis is one of the major health problems in Iran. Although the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is reported almost everywhere, the northwestern Iran is one of the major endemic regions.To do this study, clinical, laboratory as well as disease characteristics of children admitted to Children Cure and Health Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, were examined as the re...

BACKGROUND Sand flies of subgenus Adlerius has a wide geographical distribution in Iran and are mostly found in wild form in mountainous areas. They are always considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis. The objective of this study was to determine the Adlerius species and its composition in an endemic focus of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in northwest of the country. METHODS...

background: there are nearly 1000 species of phlebotomine sand flies in 6 genera, of which only two, phlebotomus in the old world and lutzomyia in the new world are medically important. globally, leishmaniasis prevalent in 98 countries and affects estimated 12 million people with almost two million new cases per year. some rural areas of azarshahr district in east azarbaijan province have been ...

background: visceral leishmaniasis (vl) or kala-azar is a parasitic disease caused by the species of leishmania donovani complex. mediterranean type of the disease is endemic in some parts of iran and more than 95% of cases were reported in children up to 12 years of age. this study was performed to determine the seroprevalence of vl in the rural areas of dashti district from bushehr province. ...

background: canine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) is a systemic disease with a high mortality rate, caused by a diphasic protozoan parasite, leishmania infantum/chagasi in the world. the objective of the present study was to determine the presence of cvl in the city and suburbs of kerman, using a range of serological, histopathological and molecular methods. methods: blood samples were taken from...

background: cutaneous and visceral leishmaniases are present in fars province in the south of iran. the current study aimed to evaluate the inter- and intragenic diversities of leishmania species isolated from patients with leishmaniasis in fars province, using pcr-based analyses and dna sequencing of  the n-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase ( nagt ) gene. methods: clinical samples were...

background: this study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis in meshkin-shahr district as endemic areas of human visceral leishmaniasis (hvl) for presenting control program of hvl to health authorities.  methods: a seroepidemiological study to determine seroprevalence of canine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) among owner­ship dogs using direct agglutination tests (...

b a c k g r o u n d & aim: visceral leishmaniasis (vl) or kala-azar is a parasitic disease caused by the species of leishmania donovani complex. mediterranean type of disease is endemic in some parts of iran and more than 95% of seropositivity cases were reported in children up to 12 years of age. a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of vl in nomadic tribe’s pop...