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 …

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 …

Vector-borne diseases have become a global health concern in recent decades as a result
of global warming, globalization, growth in international trade and travel, use of insecticide …

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis is one of the most important vector borne diseases in
the world, transmitted by sand flies. Despite efforts to prevent the spread of the disease …

Background Phlebotomine sand flies are the vectors of the leishmaniases, parasitic
diseases caused by Leishmania spp. Little is known about the prevalence and diversity of …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is endemic in Northwest and southern Iran. Reports of
cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Northwest areas are rare, and its etiological agents are …

Leishmania infantum is the causative agent of infantile visceral leishmaniasis (IVL) in the
Mediterranean Basin and, based on isoenzyme typing of the parasite isolated from dogs; …

Ghir-Karzin district is one of the most important endemic foci of visceral leishmaniaisis (VL)
in Fars province of southern Iran. To identify the vector (s) of Leishmania in this focus, a total …

Background We aimed to develop a PCR-RFLP assay based on available sequences of
putative vertebrate hosts to identify blood meals ingested by field female sand fly in the …

Visceral leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania infantum, which is transmitted to humans by
bites of phlebotomine sand flies and is one of the most important public health problems in …