Publications

leishmania major: genetic heterogeneity of iranian isolates by single-strand conformation polymorphism and sequence analysis of ribosomal dna internal transcribed spacer.	protozoan parasites of leishmania major are the causative agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis in different parts of iran. we applied pcr-based methods to analyze l. major parasites isolated from patients with active lesions from different geographic areas in iran in order to understand dna polymorphisms within l. major species. twenty-four isolates were identified as l. major by rflp analysis of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (its1) amplicons. these isolates were further studied by si ...	2006	16513079
rodent infection with leishmania in a new focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis, in northern iran.	the incidence of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl), which is endemic in several parts of iran, has recently increased in the rural areas of the northern district of damghan, in semnan province. between 2001 and 2004, as part of an investigation of this worrying trend, wild rodents in this region were caught and checked, by the microscopical examination of liver and spleen smears, for leishmanial infection, to see which species were acting as 'reservoir' hosts. overall 298 nesokia indica, 29 ...	2008	18318934
pcr based on identification of vectors of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in shahrood district, central of iran.	a study was made in rural region of shahrood city, semnan province in the central of iran during 2005 to investigate of vectors of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. sticky traps and an aspirator were used for collecting of sandflies. three species of phlebotomus papatasi, p. caucasicus and sergentomyia sintoni were collected and identified and the first species was dominant (53%). nested pcr method were employed for identifying of isolated parasites of dissected female of sandflies. among the di ...	2007	19093447
molecular detection of leishmania infection due to leishmania major and leishmania turanica in the vectors and reservoir host in iran.	an epidemiological study was carried out on the vectors and reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural areas of damghan district, semnan province, central iran, during 2008-2009. totally, 6110 sand flies were collected using sticky papers and were subjected to molecular methods for detection of leishmania parasite. phlebotomus papatasi scopoli was the common species in outdoor and indoor resting places. polymerase chain reaction technique showed that 24 out of 218 p. papatasi (11%) and 4 out ...	2011	20575646