The present study was performed to assess the infection of rodent reservoirs and their fleas to plaque agent (Yersinia pestis) in Kurdistan and North Khorasan respectively as active endemic and inactive nonendemic foci in the country. Live traps were used to collect rodents in spring and summer 2015. Totally, 109 rodents were trapped. Rodents of genus Apodemus witherbyi (40.5%) were the most ab...

Background The present study was conducted approximately 40 years ago, but its results have not been released. At the time of this study, the importance of the gut microbiota was not fully understood. Methods Meriones persicus rodents, as one of the major reservoirs of Yersinia pestis bacterium in Iran, were compared in a disease endemic area (Akanlu, Hamadan, western Iran) and a non-endemic ...

background: in order to verify the infectivity of rodents with endoparasites in germi (dashte-mogan, arda­bil province) the current study was undertaken. methods: using live traps, 177 rodents were trapped during 2005-2007. in field laboratory, all rodents were bled prior to autopsy, frozen at -20°c, and shipped to the school of public health, tehran university of medical sciences, iran. in par...

altogether, 132 rodents of 4 species of meriones persicus , cricetulus migratorius, mus muscri~ius and allactaga dater were collected with live traps from different parts of meshkin - shahr district from summer 1373 to autumn 1374. the purpose of this survey was to identify the parasitic fauna of rodents. before dissection, the mammals were measured for biometric purposes. babesia microti , see...

the jirds, meriones persicus and m. libycus are two widespread species in iran. meriones libycus can be found in low lands of deserts and semi desert areas, but meriones persicus in high rocky regions of khorasan. in this research 190 skulls belonging to meriones persicus and meriones libycus of northeast of iran were at first identified on the basis of morphologic characters, and then were div...

samplings were done in different locations of northeastern iran and different specimens were collected during two years. the specimens belong to 26 different species attributing to 6 families: scuridae (spermophilus fulvus), cricetidae (microtus transcaspicus, microtus paradoxus, blanfordimys afghanus, chionomys nivalis, ellobius talpinus, ellobius fuscocapillus, cricetulus migratorius), calomy...

BACKGROUND Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) is endemic in many parts of Iran. Recently its incidence is considerable in different parts of Jahrom district, in Fars Province, southern Iran. The aims of our study were to investigate the prevalence of leishmania infection, and identify and characterize the Leishmania species present, among the rodents by molecular methods in a new endemic fo...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Rodents belonging to Gerbillinae subfamily are the main reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) in Iran. Regarding the important role of these rodents in the maintenance of Leishmania major in the nature, their identification with morphometric, cytogenetic and molecular methods seems to be essential. The karyotype study of these species, captured from a...

meriones crassus, meriones persicus, and meriones libycus from different areas of khorasan provinces and yazd province were studied by use of random amplified dna polymorphism (rapd) technique. dna samples were analyzed by use of nine primers. genetic distance among samples varied between 0.24 and 0.78. dendrogram designed on the base of genetic distance shows separation of these species. in th...

Background Rodents are considered as reservoirs of various zoonotic diseases including helminthic infections. The current study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of helminth infections in rodents, in Boyer-Ahmad district, Southwestern Iran. Methods Overall, 52 rodents were captured from various areas of the district by Sherman live traps. The animals were then euthanized and dissected. During ...