| seasonal variation of leishmania major infection rates in sandflies from rodent burrows in isfahan province, iran. | in preparation for field trials of killed leishmania major vaccine, natural infections with leishmania promastigotes were monitored in phlebotomine sandfly vectors from villages of borkhar rural district, northeast of isfahan in central iran, where l.major zymodeme mon-26 ( = lon-1) has been identified as causing zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl). sandflies were collected and dissected weekly, from burrows of rodent colonies, during the "sandfly season', june-october 1991. leptomonad infect ... | 1996 | 8744712 |
| host preference pattern of phlebotomine sandflies of borkhar rural district, isfahan province, iran. | blood meals from 400 engorged phlebotomine sandflies belonging to three species collected in 6 villages from borkhar rural district were identified by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (elisa). out of 388 blood meals of phlebotomus papatasi 29.6-44.6% were human blood, 8.4% dogs' blood and 0.6% cows' blood, indicating a strong preference for man. double blood meals of human-dog and human-cow were observed in 0.9% and 3.08% p. papatasi respectively. phlebotomus caucasicus was relatively anthropop ... | 1995 | 8907393 |
| entomological survey of sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) in a new focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniosis in iran. | a total of 22,982 sandflies representing six species were collected using sticky (oiled) paper traps in badrood rural district, natanz county from may 1995 to may 1996. phlebotomus papatasi was the predominant species. the average indoor resting density of p. papatasi ranged from 11.8 (may 1995) to 135.8 per 10 traps (september 1995). the average indoor resting density of this species varied between 39.7-701.3 per 10 traps in may and september, respectively in 1995. the activity of p. papatasi s ... | 1999 | 10546850 |
| a new epidemic focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in central iran. | reports from the health center of yazd province of increasing cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) cases led us to carry out an epidemiological study using standard techniques in ardakan county, central iran, during 2001. | 2004 | 15323269 |
| epidemiological study in a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the islamic republic of iran. | an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) in sabzevar county prompted this study of the epidemiology and the ecology of vectors and reservoirs. examination of 541 schoolchildren showed rates of 9.4% for scars and 5.9% for ulcers. among 807 inhabitants of 4 villages, 10.4% had scars and 3.0% had active lesions. the most highly infected age group was 0-4 years with a rate of 5.9%. a total of 12 849 sandflies representing 7 species were collected in the study area. leptomonad infection was found ... | 2003 | 15748078 |
| entomological survey of phlebotomine sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) in a focus of visceral leishmaniasis in central iran. | visceral leishmaniasis (vl) is a major vector-borne disease in iran. a focus of vl is present in shahreza county, isfahan province, central iran. the main objective of this study was to determine the probable vectors in this area. | 2008 | 18399315 |
| 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 |
| phlebotomus perfiliewi transcaucasicus, a vector of leishmania infantum in northwestern iran. | visceral leishmaniasis is caused by leishmania infantum, which is transmitted to humans by bites of phlebotomine sand flies and is one of the most important public health problems in iran. to identify the vector(s), an investigation was carried out in germi district, an important focus of the disease in ardebil province in northwestern iran, during july-september 2004 and 2005. using sticky papers, cdc light traps and aspirators, 3,560 sand flies were collected and identified to species. host bl ... | 2009 | 19769040 |
| seasonal occurrence of phlebotominae sand flies (phlebotominae: diptera) and it's correlation with kala-azar in eastern uttar pradesh, india. | in this investigation, the species composition of sand flies, and their seasonality, nocturnal activity, sex ratio, and resting site, for implementation of future control measures, were surveyed in eastern (gonda and basti) uttar pradesh, india. adult sand flies (2,893) were collected from internal and external sites by sticky and light traps. the sand flies were captured using light traps hung at different heights in trees and in peridomiciliary and extradomiciliary areas of a forest during bot ... | 2009 | 19842430 |
| the sandflies (diptera: psychodidae, phlebotominae) in military camps in northern afghanistan (2007-2009), as identified by morphology and dna 'barcoding'. | as part of a continuous, standardized programme of monitoring the leishmania vectors in german military camps in northern afghanistan between 2007 and 2009, a detailed taxonomic analysis of the endemic sandfly fauna, as sampled using light and odour-baited traps, was conducted. of the 10 sandfly species that were recorded, six may serve as enzootic and/or zooanthroponotic vectors of parasites causing human leishmaniasis. the use of a simple dna-'barcoding' technique based on the mitochondrial cy ... | 2011 | 21396252 |
| first microscopical and molecular-based characterization of leishmania major within naturally infected phlebotomus salehi (diptera; psychodidae) in fars province, southern iran. | zoonotoc cutaneous leishmaniasis is endemic in several parts of iran. jahrom district is one of the most important endemic foci of leishmaniasis located in fars province, southern iran. to identify the vectors of leishmaniasis in this area, a total of 349 sandflies were collected during may to august 2009. they were caught from outdoors in five regions of jahrom district including villages of mousavieh, ghotb-abad, heydar-abad, fath-abad and jahrom county. eleven species of phlebotomine (three ... | 2011 | 22185942 |
| phlebotomine sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) in iran and their role on leishmania transmission. | sand fly research has a long history in iran beginning with the work of adler, theodor and lourie in 1930 and followed by mesghali's foundational taxonomic work on sand flies in 1943. since then, research has been continued unabated throughout the country and official publications report the existence of at least 44 species of sand flies (26 of the genus phlebotomus and 18 of genus sergentomyia) in iran. so far, seven phlebotomus species and one sergentomyia species have been collected and descr ... | 2012 | 23293774 |
| first detection of leishmania major dna in sergentomyia (spelaeomyia) darlingi from cutaneous leishmaniasis foci in mali. | leishmania major complex is the main causative agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) in the old world. phlebotomus papatasi and phlebotomus duboscqi are recognized vectors of l. major complex in northern and southern sahara, respectively. in mali, zcl due to l. major is an emerging public health problem, with several cases reported from different parts of the country. the main objective of the present study was to identify the vectors of leishmania major in the bandiagara area, in mali ... | 2012 | 22276095 |
| monthly activity of phlebotominae sand flies in sistan-baluchistan province, southeast iran. | the monthly activity of sand flies, which are vectors of leishmaniasis, was studied from may to october 1997 in three regions (plains, mountainous, coastal) of the sistan-bluchistan province using sticky paper traps. in each village, three houses were selected. 30 sticky traps were installed indoors (bedroom, guestroom, toilet, bathroom) and 30 were installed outdoors (rodent burrows, wall cracks). in total, 8,558 and 1,596 sand fly specimens were collected and identified from outdoors and indoo ... | 0 | 24784790 |
| first detection of leishmania infantum dna in wild caught phlebotomus papatasi in endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, south of iran. | to identify the vectors and reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the endemic focus of farashband, fars province, south of iran. | 2013 | 24075350 |
| distribution, fauna and seasonal variation of sandflies, simultaneous detection of nuclear internal transcribed spacer ribosomal dna gene of leishmania major in rhombomys opimus and phlebotomus papatasi, in natanz district in central part of iran. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) due to leishmania major is increasing in many parts of iran. this disease originally is a disease found in gerbils. leishmania parasites are transmitted by sandflies that live and breed in gerbil burrows. nested pcr amplified leishmania its1-5.8s rrna gene in both main reservoir host "rhombomys opimus" and in the "phlebotomus papatasi" main vector of zcl, in iran. population differentiation and seasonal variation of sandflies were analyzed at a microgeograp ... | 0 | 22801285 |
| molecular detection of leishmania major and l. turanica in phlebotomus papatasi and first natural infection of p. salehi to l. major in north-east of iran. | leishmaniasis is an important public health disease in many developing countries as well in iran. the main objective of this study was to investigate on leishmania infection of wild caught sand flies in an endemic focus of disease in esfarayen district, north east of iran. | 2016 | 27308272 |
| molecular detection of leishmania infection in sand flies in border line of iran-turkmenistan: restricted and permissive vectors. | a molecular study was carried out to incriminate sand fly vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) in rural areas of sarakhs district, khorassane-razavi province, northeastern iran, in 2011. sand flies of sergentomyia with three species and phlebotomus with six species respectively comprised 73.3% and 26.7% of the specimens. phlebotomus papatasi was the most common phlebotomine species in outdoor and indoor resting places. leishmania infection was found at least in 17 (22%) specimens including ph ... | 2013 | 23933280 |
| first detection of leishmania infantum in phlebotomus kandelakii using molecular methods in north-eastern islamic republic of iran. | shirvan district in north-eastern islamic republic of iran is a new focus of visceral leishmaniasis. this study aimed to identify the vector(s), the parasite and the species composition of sand flies in the district during july-september 2009 using polymerase chain reaction techniques. in all, 2088 sand flies were collected from 3 villages. nine sand fly species were identified: phlebotomus kandelakii (shchurenkova), p. major (annandale), p. halepensis (theodor), p. papatasi (scopoli), p. sergen ... | 2012 | 22768703 |
| molecular characterization of sandflies and leishmania detection in main vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in abarkouh district of yazd province, iran. | to assess molecular characterization, distribution, seasonal activities of sandfly species and leishmania parasites infecting them for this zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus. | 2013 | 23870468 |
| species composition of sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) and modeling the spatial distribution of main vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in hormozgan province, southern iran. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is one of the main neglected vector-borne diseases in the middle east, including iran. this study aimed to map the spatial distribution and species composition of sand flies in hormozgan province and to predict the best ecological niches for main cl vectors in this area. a database that included all earlier studies on sand flies in hormozgan province was established. sand flies were also collected from some localities across the province. prediction maps for main vec ... | 2017 | 29244144 |
| species diversity of sand flies and ecological niche model of phlebotomus papatasi in central iran. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is the most important vector-borne disease in iran. qom province is a very important area in the case of cl transmission, because of high traffic population from other parts of the country, or even other countries, as well as existence of confirmed foci of the disease. the aim of this study was to determine the ecology of sand flies in two different climates of this province and model the distribution of the main vector. sand flies were collected monthly during april ... | 2015 | 26071647 |
| diversity and incrimination of sandflies (psychodidae: phlebotominae) captured in city and suburbs of hamadan, hamadan province, west of iran. | to investigate phlebotomus sand fly fauna and their vectorial capacity in hamadan, iran. | 2014 | 25312116 |
| diversity of sand flies (diptera, psychodidae) in southwest iran with emphasis on synanthropy of phlebotomus papatasi and phlebotomus alexandri. | zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is still a serious health problem in iran. the objective of the study was to determine the differences in sand fly biodiversity in shush (plain) and khorramshahr (littoral) counties, khuzestan province, southwest iran. sand flies were collected using sticky paper traps from urban, semi urban, agricultural and natural ecotypes. alpha and beta diversity were calculated using shannon-weiner index and jaccard's and sorensen's coefficients, respectively. synanth ... | 2014 | 25159535 |
| ecoepidemiological characteristics of a hypoendemic focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in north iran (southeast of caspian sea). | leishmaniasis is an endemic parasitic disease reported sporadically throughout iran. golestan province is one of the 17 zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) foci. in this study, ecoepidemiological characteristics of zcl were investigated in gonbad-e kavus county, golestan province of iran. | 2017 | 27681548 |