| novel identification of leishmania major in hemiechinus auritus and molecular detection of this parasite in meriones libycus from an important foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in iran. | one of the well-known foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) in iran is turkemen sahara, which is located in north eastern iran. zcl is a disease of mammals, and humans can become infected as accidental hosts. many researchers have argued that rhombomys opimus is the only main reservoir host of zcl in this region of the golestan province. no other rodents or mammals are thought to host or have been reported to host leishmania parasites in this region. this research was designed and devel ... | 2016 | 24613133 |
| molecular characterization of leishmania spp. in reservoir hosts in endemic foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in iran. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is an expanding disease and a public health issue in iran. in the present study, rate of natural infection of rodent populations with leishmania was investigated in six endemic foci including 28 villages in golestan, esfahan, yazd, fars, khuzestan and ilam provinces. a total of 593 rodents were captured and identified as rhombomys opimus (n = 325), meriones libycus (n = 171), meriones persicus (n = 27), tatera indica (n = 37), nesokia indica (n = 12), rattu ... | 2013 | 23951928 |