Dynamics of Leishmania infection rates in Rhombomys opimus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) population of an endemic focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran

• Published in: Bulletin de la Societe de pathologie exotique (1990) Vol. 103; no. 2; pp. 84 - 89
• Main Authors: Akhavan, A.A., Yaghoobi-Ershadi, M.R., Khamesipour, A., Mirhendi, H., Alimohammadian, M.H., Rassi, Y., Arandian, M.H., Jafari, R., Abdoli, H., Shareghi, N., Ghanei, M., Jalali-zand, N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cachan Lavoisier 01.05.2010; Springer-Verlag
• Subjects: Animals; Badrood; Disease Reservoirs - parasitology; DNA, Protozoan - analysis; Endemic Diseases - veterinary; Epidemiology; Epidémiologie; Female; Gastroenterology; Gerbillinae - parasitology; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine; Iran; Iran - epidemiology; L. gerbilli; L. turanica; Leishmania - classification; Leishmania - genetics; Leishmania - isolation & purification; Leishmania major; Leishmania major - genetics; Leishmania major - isolation & purification; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - epidemiology; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - parasitology; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - transmission; Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - veterinary; Leishmaniose cutanée zoonotique; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle South Asia; Moyen-Orient; Nested PCR; Parasitology; PCR niche; Rhombomys opimus; Rodent Diseases - epidemiology; Rodent Diseases - parasitology; Seasonal variation; Seasons; Species Specificity; Tropical Medicine; Variation saisonnière; Zoonoses; Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis; Iran; Middle South Asia; Variation saisonnière; Nested PCR; Iran; Seasonal variation; Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis; Leishmaniose cutanée zoonotique; Moyen-Orient; PCR niche; Badrood

Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) due to Leishmania major is a great public health problem in the Old World. Leishmania major is widely distributed in populations of rodents in arid and savannah regions. In this study, seasonal variation of natural infection with Leishmania parasites in Rhombom...