| 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 |
| 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 |