Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by a protozoan species of the genus
Leishmania affecting mostly the developing countries. The disease with current mortality rate …

Leishmaniasis is the neglected disease among parasitic diseases with an increasing rate of
infections. Recently, numerous studies have been conducted on the leishmanicidal …

Sand fly research has a long history in Iran beginning with the work of Adler, Theodor and
Lourie in 1930 and followed by Mesghali's foundational taxonomic work on sand flies in …

Between 1991-2000, Leishmania species were isolated and characterized by isoenzyme
and molecular analysis from rodents caught in various parts of the Islamic Republic of Iran …

This study was a randomized, open label comparison that was designed to determine
efficacy and safety of miltefosine as the first oral drug for the treatment of zoonotic cutaneous …

Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), caused by Leishmania major, is a common
zoonotic vector-borne disease in Iran. Close contact with infected reservoir hosts increases …

Major causatives for cutaneous leishmaniasis, the most common form of leishmaniasis, in
the old world are Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica. Investigating the leishmanicidal …

Introduction Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is among the top 10 infectious disease priorities
in the world, and the leading cause of morbidity in Iran. The present study was conducted to …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) continues to be an increasing public health problem in Iran.
Shiraz, a city in Fars Province in southwestern Iran, is one of the endemic foci of CL …

An outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis [‎ CL]‎ in Sabzevar county prompted this study of the
epidemiology and the ecology of vectors and reservoirs. Examination of 541 schoolchildren …