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 …

Leishmania tropica and Leishmania major are both the main cause of anthroponotic (ACL)
and zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL), respectively, in the Old World. Leishmania …

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

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 …

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 …

The current rapid spread of leishmaniases caused by Leishmania tropica and the complexity
of its clinical spectrum call for this parasite's epidemiological and evolutionary investigation …

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 …

Pentavalent antimonial compounds have been the first line therapy for leishmaniasis;
unfortunately the rate of treatment failure of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), due to Leishmania major, is endemic in different parts of Iran
and has long been recognized in most provinces of Iran. This study was conducted to …

Objectives This study was performed to evaluate the epidemiological status of cutaneous
leishmaniasis (CL) in the most important endemic foci of Qom Province, central Iran. The city …