background: dogs have been previously reported to be reservoirs of leishmania infantum as the etiological agent of human visceral leishmaniasis in iran. we report a case of canine visceral leishmaniasis (vl) caused by l. tropica from the north- west of iran where human visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. methods: the canine vl was initially screened by dipstick rk39 and direct agglutination test...

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...

background: visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is one of the most important parasitic zoonotic diseases in the world. do­mestic dogs are the main domestic reservoirs of vl in endemic foci of iran. various methods, including vaccination, treatment of dogs, detection and removal of infected dogs have different results around the world. general policy on control of canine visceral leishmaniasis is protec...

background: since pars abad district had been known as a focus of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) in ardabil province but the prevalence of the disease in nomadic tribes has not been determined, thus, this study was conducted. methods: this descriptive cross- sectional study was conducted on children up to 12yr old of nomadic tribes from pars abad county, ardabil province, iran in 2015. for each in...

Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum is the most severe form of leishmaniasis in Iran, which causes a high mortality rate in the case of inaccurate diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to clone of K26 gene from Iranian strain of L. infantum and register the sequencing results in Genbank to facilitate the preparation a new K26 antigen for the detection of L. ...

Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a major public health problem that is endemic in tropical and sub tropical countries and is fatal in humans and dogs. In addition to symptomatic dogs, asymptomatic ones seem as source of Leishmania infantum infection. Thus surveillance and control programs of reservoir hosts are essential. This study aimed to evaluate the sero-prevalence of visceral leishmaniasi...

Background Visceral leishmaniasis is one of the most important vector borne diseases in the world, transmitted by sand flies. Despite efforts to prevent the spread of the disease, cases continue worldwide. In Iran, the disease usually occurs in children under 10 years. In the absence of timely diagnosis and treatment, the mortality rate is 95-100%. The main objective of this study was to determ...

BACKGROUND Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are important public health problems in Iran. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic potential of Western blot (WB) compared with indirect immunofluorescence test (IFAT) to serodiagnosis of leishmaniasis. METHODS This study was performed from 2010-2014 and participants were different parts of Iran. Serum samples were obtaine...

BACKGROUND Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has strong links with poverty, substantial medical and veterinary impacts. This review aimed to focus in studies published during 1994-2016 on VL in southeastern Iran. METHODS The present review is based on expert knowledge and historical studies published during the past 23 yr (1994-2016) on VL in southeastern Iran. In addition, related literature found...