Sergentomyia sintoni is the natural vector of Sauroleishmania species of lizards. This sandfly isabundance in and around the burrows of great gerbils. S. sintoni was collected from peridomestic animalshelters, inside and around houses and also from the nearby burrows of the gerbil reservoir hosts,Rhombomys opimus, in several provinces of Iran. Mitochondrial Cytochrome b (Cyt b) of sandflies, wh...

The rodents’ fauna of boundary zones of Iran are still poorly known. In this research rodents fauna of Khaf township in northeast of Iran have been reported mainly based on pellets of birds of prey. Alive samples and also rodent’s remains from pellet materials of birds of prey in the present study was collected from 46 localities in Khaf, northeast of KhorasanRazavi province and different speci...

background: this study was conducted to collect informative data on the parasitic infection of wild rodents, emphasizing on finding parasites, which have medical importance to human. methods:   during 2012-2014, a total number of 91 wild rodents were captured from rural areas of turkmen sahra, golestan province, using handmade traps. animals were anesthetized, surveyed for any ectoparasite and ...

background : appropriate methodology for storage biological materials, extraction of dna, and proper dna preservation is vital for studies involving genetic analysis of insects, bacteria, and reservoir hosts as well as for molecular diagnostics of pathogens carried by vectors and reservoirs. here we tried to evaluate the utility of a simple filter paper-based for storage of insects, bacteria, r...

the rodents’ fauna of boundary zones of iran are still poorly known. in this research rodents fauna of khaf township in northeast of iran have been reported mainly based on pellets of birds of prey. alive samples and also rodent’s remains from pellet materials of birds of prey in the present study was collected from 46 localities in khaf, northeast of khorasanrazavi province and different speci...

BACKGROUND Plague (Yersinia pestis infection) is a vector-borne disease which caused millions of human deaths in the Middle Ages. The hosts of plague are mostly rodents, and the disease is spread by the fleas that feed on them. Currently, the disease still circulates amongst sylvatic rodent populations all over the world, including great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) populations in Central Asia. Gr...

introduction: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis(zcl) is one of the most important parasitic diseases in iran and common in rural districts of half of the 30 provinces of the country. in recent years, zcl has become a serious and increasing public health problem in yazd province. following the epidemic of cl in khatam county of yazd province, this study was carried out to determine the animal res...

sergentomyia sintoni is the natural vector of sauroleishmania species of lizards. this sandfly isabundance in and around the burrows of great gerbils. s. sintoni was collected from peridomestic animalshelters, inside and around houses and also from the nearby burrows of the gerbil reservoir hosts,rhombomys opimus, in several provinces of iran. mitochondrial cytochrome b (cyt b) of sandflies, wh...