objective: leishmaniasis is one of the most important parasitic infectious diseases in the world. since last century, many efforts have been made to control and treat the disease, but appropriate vaccines, pesticides and medicines are not available or even eligible. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of hydro-alcoholic extract of seidlitzia rosmarinus on the lesions of experim...

objective(s):cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a parasitic disease caused by various species of the flagellated protozoan, leishmania. regardless of the numerous studies, there are still serious challenges in the treatment of cl. this study aimed at evaluating the influence of a low dose ultraviolet b (uvb) radiation along with silver nanoparticles (agnps) on a mouse model of cl induced by leishm...

purpose : among the three forms of anthrax in human (cutaneous, inhalational, and gastrointestinal), cutaneous anthrax is the most common form with prevalence of 95%. the cutaneous anthrax is a rare cause of periorbital (preseptal) cellulitis that may remained without correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment. this may result in severe local complications such as blindness and airway obstruct...

BACKGROUND Autochthonous cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania martiniquensis and Leishmania siamensis have been considered emerging infectious diseases in Thailand. The disease burden is significantly underestimated, especially the prevalence of Leishmania infection among HIV-positive patients. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is endemic in southeastern anatolia, mainly in sanliurfa and hatay provinces, and the causative agents are mostly leishmania tropica and less frequently l. infantum . here, we report the first mal-di-tof analyses of leishmania promastigotes obtained from the cultures of two cl cases from osmaniye and hatay provinces who were initially diagnosed by micros...

background: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is an expanding disease and public health problem in iran. in the current study, natural leishmania infection rate and seasonal fluctuation of the infection in rhombomys opimus population of a hyperendemic focus of zcl in iran was investigated. methods:   the study was conducted from october 2006 to october 2008 in esfahan province, central par...

introduction: the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is based primarily on the use of pentavalent antimonials, which may lead to many side effects limiting their use. photodynamic therapy (pdt) is an alternative for the treatment of cl, and some xanthene dyes have the potential for use in pdt. methods: the xanthenes rose bengal b (rb) and its derivatives rose bengal methyl ester (rbmet),...

background: leishmaniasis is a protozoan disease cause by leishmania genus. anthroponotic and zoono­tic cutaneous leishmaniasis are endemic in iran. the aim of this study was to identify the causative agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis by mini-exon gene in five regions of khuzestan province, southwest of iran. methods: from 2007 to 2008 in this cross-sectional study, cutaneous samples were collec...