"Investigation on Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishm- aniasis, Southern Iran "
Since occurrence of an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis with high incidence of disease (8.9/1000) in Arsanjan county, Fars province, southern Iran, an attempt was made to investigate an epidemiological study during 2001-2002. Symptomatic investigation among 270 schoolchildren over one year of stu...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9af13d6ee2154e44b97e3410b1d7c26d 2023-05-15T17:12:33+02:00 "Investigation on Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishm- aniasis, Southern Iran " Y Rassi E Javadian M Jalali MH Motazedian H Vatndoost 2004-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/9af13d6ee2154e44b97e3410b1d7c26d EN eng Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/1927 https://doaj.org/toc/2251-6085 https://doaj.org/toc/2251-6093 2251-6085 2251-6093 https://doaj.org/article/9af13d6ee2154e44b97e3410b1d7c26d Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 33, Iss 1 (2004) Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2004 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T06:13:45Z Since occurrence of an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis with high incidence of disease (8.9/1000) in Arsanjan county, Fars province, southern Iran, an attempt was made to investigate an epidemiological study during 2001-2002. Symptomatic investigation among 270 schoolchildren over one year of study revealed that 11.9% of population had active lesion with 28.1% scar rate. Parallel study showed that among 7968 people which comprise 1572 households, 6.18% were positive for scars and 1.2% for ulcer. In our study three species of rodents, including Meriones libycus (71%), Cricetulus migratorius (22%) and Microtus arvalis (6%) were captured. By employing Nested-PCR technique, 6.8% (4 of 56) of M.libycus were found infected with Leishmania major. About 83% of indoor collected sandflies comprised, Phlebotomus papatasi. From its density it can be concluded that this species plays an important role in leishmania transmission in the area. The seasonal activity of the sandflies starts at early April and ended in early November. Article in Journal/Newspaper Microtus arvalis Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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Since occurrence of an epidemic of cutaneous leishmaniasis with high incidence of disease (8.9/1000) in Arsanjan county, Fars province, southern Iran, an attempt was made to investigate an epidemiological study during 2001-2002. Symptomatic investigation among 270 schoolchildren over one year of study revealed that 11.9% of population had active lesion with 28.1% scar rate. Parallel study showed that among 7968 people which comprise 1572 households, 6.18% were positive for scars and 1.2% for ulcer. In our study three species of rodents, including Meriones libycus (71%), Cricetulus migratorius (22%) and Microtus arvalis (6%) were captured. By employing Nested-PCR technique, 6.8% (4 of 56) of M.libycus were found infected with Leishmania major. About 83% of indoor collected sandflies comprised, Phlebotomus papatasi. From its density it can be concluded that this species plays an important role in leishmania transmission in the area. The seasonal activity of the sandflies starts at early April and ended in early November. |
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Y Rassi E Javadian M Jalali MH Motazedian H Vatndoost |
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"Investigation on Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishm- aniasis, Southern Iran " |
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"Investigation on Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishm- aniasis, Southern Iran " |
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"Investigation on Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishm- aniasis, Southern Iran " |
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"Investigation on Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishm- aniasis, Southern Iran " |
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences |
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Iranian Journal of Public Health, Vol 33, Iss 1 (2004) |
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