conclusion based on the results, the vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis include of p. papatasi, p. salehi, p. sergenti and moreover the vectors of visceral leishmaniasis include of p. keshishiani and p. alexandri have been found. materials and methods sand flies were collected by using sticky traps from selected villages (outdoors as well as indoors). traps were fixed at sundown and sand flies ...

b a ckground: cutaneous leishmaniasis due to leishmania major is a serious and increasing problem affecting manyrural areas of 17 out of 31 provinces in iran. little is known about sand fly fauna and leishmaniases in eastern iran and no study has been carried out in sarbisheh county. the aim of this study was to determine sand flies composi- tion and probable leishmania infection to find the pr...

reports from the health center of kerman province, southern iran showed an increasing of cutaneous leishmaniasis cases in orzuieh rural district, southwest of the province in 2003. the report encouraged the team to carry out an epidemi ological survey in the district during 2003-2004. the objectives were to determine the ecology of sand flies, potential reser voir hosts and human infection. a t...

visceral leishmanisasis is endemic and zoonotic in several foci in ardabil province, north west of iran. the main objective of this study was to determine the natural promastigote infection of sand-flies in active seasons, during 1991-1995. sand-flies were caught by sticky traps, aspirator and cdc light traps from indoors and outdoors. altogether 2659 sandflies were dissected and identified. th...

Leishmania (L.) infantum is the causative agent in an endemic focus of canine leishmaniasis in the Mont-Rolland district (Thiès, Senegal). In this area, the transmission cycle is well established and more than 30% of dogs and 20% of humans are seropositive for L. infantum. However, the sand fly species involved in L. infantum transmission cycle are still unknown. Between 2007 and 2010, 3654 san...

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interoduction: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a major health problem in some parts of iran,which exists as zoonotic and anthroponotic forms in different foci of the country.following an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in bafgh city,(yazd province, centeral iran),this study was carried out to determine the ecology of sandflies,reservoir hosts and human infection in 2005. methods: this descriptiv...

BACKGROUND Different epidemiological studies previously indicated that canine leishmaniasis is present in the region of Thiès (Senegal). However, the risks to human health, the transmission cycle and particularly the implicated vectors are unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To improve our knowledge on the population of phlebotomine sand flies and the potential vectors of canine leishmani...