in order to determine the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the endemic focus of fars province in southern iran, collection and dissection of sand- flies were carried out in the town of ghjr in firooz - abad district. a total of 270 sand- flies were dissected. they consisted of ph. alexandri, ph. sergenti ph. papatasi and ph. major. five out of 150 ph. major was found infected with promastigo...

in order to determine reaction of sandflies to the light trap, they were collected from the foci of visceral leishmaniasis in meshkjn shahr and germj during 1994. we used three c.d.c. light trap for collection of sandflies. totally, two hundred and sixty three sand - flies were captured from meshkin - shahr focus, belonging to the species of phiebotomus kandejajcj (69.58%), ph.ba/canicus(815%) ...

visceral leishmaniasiam caused by leishmania infantum has become endemic in meshkjn-shahr area, northwest iran, so that in the last 8 years, more than 1600 cases have been diagnosed and treated, the majority of them among children younger than 5 years of age. the present study was carried out to determine the probable vectors in this area. during the active season of sandflies in l991,we collec...