Journal:
:novelty in biomedicine
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mohammad gorgipoor department of medical parasitology & mycology, school of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mehdi mohebali department of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, and center for research of endemic parasites of iran (crepi), tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
behnaz akhoundi department of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mohammad javad abbaszadeh afshar department of medical parasitology and mycology, school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
bahram kazemi department of biotechnology, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
sasan khazaei department of medical parasitology and mycology, school of medicine, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
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. ...