| an epidemiological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis using active case finding among elementary school students in pakdasht, southeast of tehran, iran 2013-2014. | cutaneous leishmaniasis is one of the prevalent health problems in tropical and subtropical areas including iran. therefore, it is essential to identify the prevalence and new foci of this disease in different regions of iran. this study aimed to determine the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis by active surveillance in elementary schools in pakdasht city, southeast of tehran, iran 2013-2014. | 2015 | 26175293 |
| characterization of leishmania isolated in iran: 1. serotyping with species specific monoclonal antibodies. | a total of 156 isolates of leishmania from patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis and one isolate from gerbil were characterized using standard monoclonal antibodies (mab) in elisa and ifa test systems. the geographic distribution of the isolates was 30 isolates in shiraz, 28 in kerman and 98 in tehran. a total of 63, 72, and three leishmania promastigote isolates preferentially reacted with anti-leishmania tropica mab (a11), anti-leishmania major mab (t1) and anti-leishmania infantum mab (d2), r ... | 2000 | 10838213 |