Publications

characterization of leishmania parasites isolated from provinces of the islamic republic of iran.	leishmania parasites isolated in the islamic of iran were studied by a random amplified polymorphic dna polymerase chain reaction (rapd-pcr). of 82 isolates, 80 were from cutaneous lesions, 1 from a human throat lesion and 1 from a dog. of these, 42 isolates were l. tropica, 36 were l. major and 2 were l. infantum. there were 2 unidentified isolates (from the throat lesion and a cutaneous lesion) and these demonstrated 52% and 48% similarity with l. tropica and l. infantum. both l. tropica and l ...	2002	15339122
leishmania major infection in a patient with visceral leishmaniasis: treatment with amphotericin b.	we have reported an acute form of visceral leishmaniasis, which was caused by leishmania major, in southern iran. the parasite was isolated from a 30-year-old man living in bushehr province, southern iran, and an endemic region of kala-azar in south of iran. the patient had typical clinical signs of mediterranean kala-azar, and besides parasitological, biochemical, and immunological findings confirming diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis, the agent was identified as l. major using nested polymer ...	2007	17659388