in this study, 52 specimens of adult indian gerbil (tatera indica) were collected by live traps (sherman traps, havahart traps and locally made traps) from range of different habitats of two localities, geno protected area (or geno biosphere reserve) and minab county, hormozgan province. at first, external, cranial and dental characters were measured and then the ratio of measured characters to...

conclusions this is the first molecular report on parasite infection of both vector (p. papatas) and reservoir (t. indica) to l. major from this area. therefore, the population of both sandflies and rodents should be reduced using control methods. background leishmaniais which is one of the six most important tropical diseases in the world are in iran in 3 forms. cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is...

background rodents play a major role in economic losses and public health problems. these animals are considered as natural reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl), one of the major health concerns in iran. conclusions the spatial and temporal monitoring of wild rodents will help to predict the potential zoonotic rodent-borne diseases. objectives this research was aimed to stu...

Following the epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Khatam County, Yazd Province, this study was carried out to determine vector, and animal reservoir host(s) and investigate the human infection during 2005-2006. Four rural districts where the disease had higher prevalence were selected. Sticky paper traps were used to collect sand flies during April to November, biweekly. Meanwhile rodents we...

background: interest in tatera indica rodent arises mostly because it is believed that this species is survived among four subspecies reported from iran, two of which exist in khuzestan province. in addition, it might has a role as res­ervoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in the transmission of leishmania major in some of the widespread asian foci including southwestern iran. method...

BACKGROUND Interest in Tatera indica rodent arises mostly because it is believed that this species is survived among four subspecies reported from Iran, two of which exist in Khuzestan Province. In addition, it might has a role as reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in the transmission of Leishmania major in some of the widespread Asian foci including southwestern Iran. METHOD...

introduction: leishmanioses are important parasitic diseases presenting in three clinical forms visceral, cutaneous and muco-cutaneous. some rodents are the reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. the disease prevails in many rural areas of yazd province. this was the first comprehensive study on the fauna of rodents in yazd and was conducted to determine the fauna, distribution an...

this study was carried out in arsanjan county fars province, a new focus of zcl, during 1999-2000. totally fifty nine meriones libycus captured by live traps and four out of them (6.8%) were naturally infected with parasites. parasites were cultured in monophasic medium rpmi 1640 and isolated promastigotes were identified using rapd-pcr test in medical parasitology unit of shiraz university of ...

b a ckground: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) represents the most frequent vector borne parasitoses in iran. the ob-jective of this study was to determine the epidemiological features of cl including human infection and the reservoir host in the city of bushehr, bushehr province, iran during 2010–2011. m e t hods: studies on human infection was carried out on 2962 school children aged 7–14 years o...