Nutritional indices of Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on different host plants including chickpea (cultivars Arman, Hashem, Azad, and Binivich), common bean (cultivar Khomein), white kidney bean (cultivar Dehghan), red kidney bean (cultivar Goli), cowpea (cultivar Mashhad), tomato (cultivar Meshkin) and potato (cultivars Agria and Satina) were studied under laboratory co...

BACKGROUND Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis (MVL) is an infectious disease that affects both human and animals. Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are principal reservoir hosts of MVL caused by Leishmania infantum. Dogs are definitive hosts for Neospora caninum and a risk factor for infecting intermediate hosts. The immunosuppression caused by visceral leishmaniasis (VL) can promote the occur...

Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a major public health problem that is endemic in tropical and sub tropical countries and is fatal in humans and dogs. In addition to symptomatic dogs, asymptomatic ones seem as source of Leishmania infantum infection. Thus surveillance and control programs of reservoir hosts are essential. This study aimed to evaluate the sero-prevalence of visceral leishmaniasi...

Mahdi Mirahmadi 1 , Habib Rezanejadbardaji 2 , Muhammad Irfan-Maqsood 1 , Mohammad Javad Mokhtari 3 , Hojjat Naderi-Meshkin 1 * 1 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture Research (ACECR), Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran. 2 Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, 1 Joslin Place, Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. 3 Department ...

Between 1998 and 2001, a total of 1,062 human cases of visceral leishmaniasis were reported from the rural district of Meshkin-Shahr in the mountainous, north-western Iranian province of Ardabil. In the summer of 2008, a cross-sectional study of dogs was conducted in this endemic area by randomly selecting 384 animals from 21 villages and testing them serologically for leishmaniasis. Villages, ...

BACKGROUND Rodents play an important role as reservoir of some pathogens, and the host of some ectoparasites as well. These ectoparasites can transmit rodents' pathogens to human or animals. The aim of this study was to assess the distribution and infestation load of ectoparasites on rodents in Meshkin-Shahr District, northwestern Iran. METHODS Rodents were captured using baited live traps in...

BACKGROUND Dirofilaria immitis is a common nematode of the cardiovascular system, which infects carnivores all over the world. The infection is prevalent in dogs, but in cats and human is rare. Dirofilariosis is transmitted by mosquitoes. Cats are accidental hosts and are naturally resistant to the infection, compared to the dogs. Mild infection can cause severe illness in cats and may lead to ...

the effect of various host plants including chickpea (varieties arman, hashem, azad and binivich), common bean (variety khomein), white kidney bean (variety dehghan), red kidney bean (variety goli), cowpea (variety mashhad), and tomato (variety meshkin) on the reproductive performance and growth indices of the cotton bollworm, helicoverpa armigera (hübner) was determined under laboratory condit...

leishmaniasis is one of the most important parasitic diseases in terms of human injury and economic consequences which has a wide range of clinical protests of skin damage to fatal visceral discomfort covers. kala-azar is a mediterranean-type in and its main reservoirs are dogs and canine family. currently the most common disease centers are in parts of provinces such as ardebil, fars, east of ...

dirofilaria immitis is an important filarial nematode in dogs. in this study, age and sex distribution of this zoonotic nematode among dogs were investigated in northwest of iran in meshkin-shahr city. molecular characteristics of the isolates, based on cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (cox1) gene were compared to the isolates from other areas of the world.blood samples were collected from 91 dogs ...