| first detection of leishmania major in peridomestic phlebotomus papatasi from isfahan province, iran: comparison of nested pcr of nuclear its ribosomal dna and semi-nested pcr of minicircle kinetoplast dna. | two pcr methods were compared for their sensitivity in detecting cultured leishmania major, before being used to estimate infection rates in female sandflies (phlebotomus papatasi) collected from peridomestic animal shelters and the nearby burrows of the gerbil reservoir hosts, rhombomys opimus, in isfahan province, central iran. a semi-nested pcr was used to amplify a fragment of minicircle kinetoplast (k) dna with a length and sequence diagnostic for l. major, and a nested pcr was developed to ... | 2005 | 15589800 |
| mitochondrial and wolbachia markers for the sandfly phlebotomus papatasi: little population differentiation between peridomestic sites and gerbil burrows in isfahan province, iran. | in iran, phlebotomus papatasi (scopoli) (diptera: psychodidae) is the main vector of leishmania major yakimoff & schokhor (kinetoplastida: trypanosomatidae), the causative agent of rural zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. this sandfly is abundant both in villages and in the burrows of the main reservoir host, the gerbil rhombomys opimus (licht.) (rodentia: gerbillidae). populations of p. papatasi were sampled from the edges of villages in isfahan province, using cdc miniature light traps in perid ... | 2003 | 14651648 |
| epidemiological study of reservoir hosts in an endemic area of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in iran. | the study was carried out in the central part of the islamic republic of iran over a 12-month period in 1991-92 in borkhar, a rural district lying north of isfahan city. the objective was to determine the ecology of natural reservoir hosts of leishmaniasis for possible future field trials of leishmania vaccine. the main reservoir host in this area is rhombomys opimus, the great gerbil, followed by meriones libycus, the libyan jird, and hemiechinus auritis, the long-eared hedgehog. of the 179 sma ... | 1996 | 9060218 |
| seasonal and hourly activity of rhombomys opimus in the endemic focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in isfahan, iran. | for the study of the seasonal and hourly activity of the great gerbil, rhombomys opimus in an endemic focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (isfahan), two colonies were selected in which the number of gerbils was counted by visual sighting. the study shows that the gerbils are quite active from august through december. after a decrease in january and february, once again they become active but not as much as early autumn. in the hot months of the year the gerbils are active only early in the ... | 1983 | 6872105 |
| studies on the epidemiology of sandfly fever in iran. ii. the prevalence of human and animal infection with five phlebotomus fever virus serotypes in isfahan province. | human and animal sera from an endemic area of sandfly fever in iran were tested by plaque reduction neutralization method against five different phlebotomus fever virus serotypes (naples, sicilian, karimabad, salehabad, and i-47). the overall prevalence of naples, sicilian, and karimabad virus antibodies among the human population was 17%, 25%, and 66%, respectively. all sera were negative against salehabad and i-47 viruses. age-specific antibody rates suggested that sicilian and karimabad virus ... | 1977 | 192093 |