the subcutaneous inoculation of 16 white mice and 10 golden hamsters with l.tropica major resulted in the development of leishmanial lesions in all, becoming generalized in some.two of 10 hamsters inoculated intraperitoneally with this parasite developed generalized lesions. on the other hand, the inoculation of l. tropica minor to 128 mice subcutaneously and 170 mice intraperitoneally did not ...

leishmania infantum is the most frequent cause of visceral leishmaniasis and l. tropica has been rarely linked to the disease in iran. in this study, bone marrow aspirates were collected from 10 child patients, suspected with visceral leishmaniasis referred to the pediatric wards of kerman medical hospitals, kerman, iran during 2002–2011. leishmania species were identified by using nested pcr i...

b a ckground: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) is endemic in many parts of iran. recently its incidence isconsiderable in different parts of jahrom district, in fars province, southern iran. the aims of our study were to in- vestigate the prevalence of leishmania infection, and identify and characterize the   leishmania species present, among the rodents by molecular methods in a new ende...

BACKGROUND Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) is endemic in many parts of Iran. Recently its incidence is considerable in different parts of Jahrom district, in Fars Province, southern Iran. The aims of our study were to investigate the prevalence of leishmania infection, and identify and characterize the Leishmania species present, among the rodents by molecular methods in a new endemic fo...

Leishmania infantum is the most frequent cause of visceral leishmaniasis and L. tropica has been rarely linked to the disease in Iran. In this study, bone marrow aspirates were collected from 10 child patients, suspected with visceral leishmaniasis referred to the Pediatric Wards of Kerman Medical Hospitals, Kerman, Iran during 2002-2011. Leishmania species were identified by using nested PCR i...

Out of numerous genes, differentially expressed genes of Leishmania major (299) and L. infantum (241), essential for their survival, have been studied for the analysis of synonymous codon usage patterns. The role of translational selection and mutational biases were analyzed through ENc plot and correspondence analysis. Present analysis indicates that mutational pressure has a profound effect o...

It is grateful to see that the new session “Readers’ opinion and discussion” created after my comments – “Leishmania infantum versus Leishmania chagasi: do not forget the law of priority” (Dantas-Torres 2006) – on the concise review article of Lainson and Rangel (2005) has emerged as the basis of an interesting debate on the aetiological agent of American visceral leishmaniasis, i.e., the taxon...

The aim of the present study was to explore the aerial parts of the Polygonatum verticillatum for various biological activities such as phytotoxic, insecticidal and leishmanicidal properties. Outstanding phytotoxicity was observed for the crude extract and its subsequent solvent fractions against Lemna acquinoctialis Welv at tested doses of 5, 50 and 500 μg/ml. Complete growth inhibition (100%)...

Sera from 86 Colombian patients with parasitologically confirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis were studied by immunoblot analysis in order to identify a specific pattern for Leishmania infection. A soluble extract of Leishmania panamensis was used as the antigen. Sera from patients with Chagas' disease and sera from patients with no record of infection with trypanosomatids were also studied. The ser...