Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a life-threatening vector-borne parasitic disease is distributed
in some parts of the new world and old world. The disease is endemic in different parts of …

Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan Leishmania parasites that are transmitted through
female sandfly bites. The disease is predominantly endemic to the tropics and semi-tropics …

Background Recent circumstantial evidence suggests that an increasing number of Iranian
patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis are unresponsive to meglumine antimoniate …

Abstract Introduction Cutaneous Leshmaniasis (CL), a parasitic skin infection caused by
Leishmania species, is endemic in some regions of Iran. In this study, the effect of location …

Leishmaniasis has a long history in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This study aimed to show
the trend in leishmaniasis incidence from 1983 to 2012 and to describe the epidemiological …

In this work we reviewed historical and recent data on Leishmania spp. infection combining
data collected in Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iran, China and …

Objective To identify and understand the natural transmission cycles of Leishmania in
Iranian sandflies. Method Nested PCR protocols were developed to amplify two regions of …

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

Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is an endemic parasitic disease and remains as a major health
concern in southwestern Iran. The current study describes clinico-hematological …

Many rodent species act as reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in endemic
areas. In the present study a simple and reliable assay based on nested PCR was …