| a search for the rodent hosts of leishmania major in the larestan region of southern iran: demonstration of the parasite in tatera indica and gerbillus sp., by microscopy, culture and pcr. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) caused by leishmania major occurs widely in iran, where several species of rodent serve as the parasite's 'reservoir' hosts. in an attempt to identify the rodent hosts in the larestan region, which lies in the fars province of southern iran (where the incidence of human cl has been rising), 32 rodents (20 tatera indica, eight meriones crassus, four gerbillus sp.) were caught and checked for leishmanial infection. using two detection methods (the microscopica ... | 2007 | 17524246 |
| first detection of leishmania major in rattus norvegicus from fars province, southern iran. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis is an important health problem in iran and a great economic burden on the health resources. in southern iran (fars province), meriones libycus was reported as the main reservoir of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in arsanjan and marvdasht cities, and tatera indica and gerbillus spp. were the reservoirs reported in larestan and kharameh districts. because of an increase in human cutaneous leishmaniasis in fars province, this study was performed to identify the ro ... | 2010 | 20426685 |
| first molecular identification of leishmania species in a new endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in lorestan, iran. | to identify leishmania using pcr. | 2013 | 23827149 |