Cutaneous leishmaniasis situation analysis in the Islamic Republic of Iran in preparation for an elimination plan

I Sharifi, A Khosravi, MR Aflatoonian… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Iran has invariably been under the growing public health threat of cutaneous leishmaniasis
(CL), a significant barrier to local development that hinders the prevention and control efforts …

Geographic distribution and spatial analysis of Leishmania infantum infection in domestic and wild animal reservoir hosts of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in Iran: A …

M Mohebali, E Moradi-Asl, Y Rassi - Journal of vector borne …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is an important parasitic disease which is endemic in different
parts of Iran; and domestic and wild canines are principal reservoir hosts of the disease. The …

Leishmania infantum-specific production of IFN-γ and IL-10 in stimulated blood from dogs with clinical leishmaniosis

L Solano-Gallego, S Montserrat-Sangrà, L Ordeix… - Parasites & vectors, 2016 - Springer
Background There is limited information available on cytokine profiles in dogs with different
degrees of disease severity due to natural infection of Leishmania infantum. The aim of this …

[PDF][PDF] Application of direct agglutination test (DAT) for the diagnosis and seroepidemiological studies of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran

M Mohebali, GHH EDRISIAN, A Nadim, H Hajaran… - 2006 - sid.ir
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is one of the most important parasitic diseases which are
endemic in different parts of Iran. Serological studies were conducted by direct agglutination …

Major risk factors and histopathological profile of treatment failure, relapse and chronic patients with anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis: a prospective case …

M Bamorovat, I Sharifi, S Dabiri… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Over the last years, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of unresponsive
patients with anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) reported worldwide. The primary …

Leishmania tropica and Leishmania infantum infection in dogs and cats in central Israel

G Baneth, Y Nachum-Biala, O Adamsky, I Gunther - Parasites & vectors, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Three species of Leishmania cause disease in humans in Israel and
are endemic in the Middle East: Leishmania infantum, Leishmania tropica and Leishmania …

A prospective longitudinal study on the elimination trend of rural cutaneous leishmaniasis in southeastern Iran: climate change, population displacement, and …

M Bamorovat, I Sharifi, MR Aflatoonian… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a complex disease. Any change in weather conditions affects the humans'
social and agricultural expansion and, consequently, the parasite's life cycle in terms of …

Cytotoxicity, leishmanicidal, and antioxidant activity of biosynthesised zinc sulphide nanoparticles using Phoenix dactylifera

F Sharifi, F Sharififar, I Sharifi, HQ Alijani… - Iet …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The synthesis of zinc sulphide nanoparticles (ZnS NPs) using a green approach was
explored. The resulting nanoparticles (NPs) were characterised by UV–vis spectroscopy …

Canine leishmaniosis caused by Leishmania major and Leishmania tropica: comparative findings and serology

G Baneth, D Yasur-Landau, M Gilad… - Parasites & …, 2017 - Springer
Background Infection and clinical disease associated with Leishmania major and
Leishmania tropica, two common agents of human cutaneous leishmaniosis, have rarely …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial distribution and molecular identification of Leishmania species from endemic foci of south-eastern Iran

F Sharifi, I Sharifi, M Zarean, MH Parizi… - Iranian journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis constitutes a major public health problem in many
parts of the world including Iran. The primary objective of this study was to identify …