| an overview of a diagnostic and epidemiologic reappraisal of cutaneous leishmaniasis in iran. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a widespread tropical infection which has a high incidence rate in iran. leishmania tropica, the causative agent of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl), and leishmania major, which causes zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl), are endemic in various parts of iran with a high incidence rate. the aim of this study was to evaluate the reappraisal of the diagnosis and epidemiology of cl in iran, by different clinical, parasitological and molecular assays amon ... | 2011 | 21412584 |
| comparative molecular epidemiology of leishmania major and leishmania tropica by pcr-rflp technique in hyper endemic cities of isfahan and bam, iran. | leishmania is an obligate intracellular protozoa, and the sandfly, as a vector, transmits infectious forms of the parasite to the vertebrate host. the etiologic agents of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl), leishmania major and leishmania tropica, are the most prevalent factor in iran, especially in the isfahan and bam regions. because of the importance of cl in endemic regions and the interaction of species diversity factors in developing control strategies, several isolated leishmania species from 2 ... | 2010 | 20980956 |
| pcr detection and sequencing of parasite its-rdna gene from reservoirs host of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central iran. | leishmania major is the causative agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) in which gerbils are the reservoir host. zcl is of great public health importance in iran. in the current investigation, nested polymerase chain reaction (pcr) protocols were used to amplify a region of the ribosomal rna amplicon of leishmania (its1-5.8s rrna gene). the pcr assays detected l. major in three rodent species: rhombomis opimus, meriones lybicus and, for first time, meriones persicus. l. major parasite ... | 2008 | 18791741 |
| clinical picture of cutaneous leishmaniasis in isfahan, iran. | cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania tropica is endemic in iran, being the second most prevalent vector-borne disease in the country (after malaria). from the five most infected provinces, isfahan is third after boushehr and khouzestan. | 1994 | 8021082 |