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Epidemiological Study on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, of Qom Province, Central Iran
BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the most important health problems in many areas of Iran. There are two forms of the disease in Iran, anthroponotic and zoonotic CL. This study conducted to assess the epidemiological situation of CL in an endemic area of Qom Province, central Iran...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5758636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29322057 |
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author | Saghafipour, Abedin Vatandoost, Hassan Zahraei-Ramazani, Ali Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi, Mohammad Reza Jooshin, Moharram Karami Rassi, Yavar Shirzadi, Mohammad Reza Akhavan, Amir Ahmad Hanafi-Bojd, Ahmad Ali |
author_facet | Saghafipour, Abedin Vatandoost, Hassan Zahraei-Ramazani, Ali Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi, Mohammad Reza Jooshin, Moharram Karami Rassi, Yavar Shirzadi, Mohammad Reza Akhavan, Amir Ahmad Hanafi-Bojd, Ahmad Ali |
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description | BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the most important health problems in many areas of Iran. There are two forms of the disease in Iran, anthroponotic and zoonotic CL. This study conducted to assess the epidemiological situation of CL in an endemic area of Qom Province, central Iran from Apr to Nov 2015. METHODS: The sticky paper traps and aspirating tubes were used for collecting adult sand flies. Sherman traps and small insect nets were used to capture rodents and small mammals. Giemsa staining was used for preparing the expanded smear and followed by PCR for identifying the causative agent in human, vectors, and reservoirs. In this study, relative frequency of CL was also calculated. RESULTS: Fourteen species of Phlebotomine sand flies were collected. Phlebotomus papatasi (61.74%) was the predominant species through the period of activity. Overall, 62 Meriones libycus, 8 Nesokia indica, 4 Mus musculus, 16 Allactaga elater and 2 Hemiechinus auritis were caught. PCR technique showed 6 out of 150 P. papatasi (2%), two out of 62 M. libycus (3.23%) and all of suspected human’s skin tissue samples (100%) were infected with Leishmania major. The relative frequency of CL was 0.30%. CONCLUSION: This is the first detection of L. major within P. papatasi, M. libycus and human in Kahak District in Qom Province of Iran. Zoonotic cycle of CL exists in this area, L. major is the causative agent, P. papatasi is the main vector and M. libycus is the main reservoir of the disease. |
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spelling | pubmed-57586362018-01-10 Epidemiological Study on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, of Qom Province, Central Iran Saghafipour, Abedin Vatandoost, Hassan Zahraei-Ramazani, Ali Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi, Mohammad Reza Jooshin, Moharram Karami Rassi, Yavar Shirzadi, Mohammad Reza Akhavan, Amir Ahmad Hanafi-Bojd, Ahmad Ali J Arthropod Borne Dis Original Article BACKGROUND: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the most important health problems in many areas of Iran. There are two forms of the disease in Iran, anthroponotic and zoonotic CL. This study conducted to assess the epidemiological situation of CL in an endemic area of Qom Province, central Iran from Apr to Nov 2015. METHODS: The sticky paper traps and aspirating tubes were used for collecting adult sand flies. Sherman traps and small insect nets were used to capture rodents and small mammals. Giemsa staining was used for preparing the expanded smear and followed by PCR for identifying the causative agent in human, vectors, and reservoirs. In this study, relative frequency of CL was also calculated. RESULTS: Fourteen species of Phlebotomine sand flies were collected. Phlebotomus papatasi (61.74%) was the predominant species through the period of activity. Overall, 62 Meriones libycus, 8 Nesokia indica, 4 Mus musculus, 16 Allactaga elater and 2 Hemiechinus auritis were caught. PCR technique showed 6 out of 150 P. papatasi (2%), two out of 62 M. libycus (3.23%) and all of suspected human’s skin tissue samples (100%) were infected with Leishmania major. The relative frequency of CL was 0.30%. CONCLUSION: This is the first detection of L. major within P. papatasi, M. libycus and human in Kahak District in Qom Province of Iran. Zoonotic cycle of CL exists in this area, L. major is the causative agent, P. papatasi is the main vector and M. libycus is the main reservoir of the disease. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC5758636/ /pubmed/29322057 Text en Copyright© Iranian Society of Medical Entomology & Tehran University of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Saghafipour, Abedin Vatandoost, Hassan Zahraei-Ramazani, Ali Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi, Mohammad Reza Jooshin, Moharram Karami Rassi, Yavar Shirzadi, Mohammad Reza Akhavan, Amir Ahmad Hanafi-Bojd, Ahmad Ali Epidemiological Study on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, of Qom Province, Central Iran |
title | Epidemiological Study on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, of Qom Province, Central Iran |
title_full | Epidemiological Study on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, of Qom Province, Central Iran |
title_fullStr | Epidemiological Study on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, of Qom Province, Central Iran |
title_full_unstemmed | Epidemiological Study on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, of Qom Province, Central Iran |
title_short | Epidemiological Study on Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area, of Qom Province, Central Iran |
title_sort | epidemiological study on cutaneous leishmaniasis in an endemic area, of qom province, central iran |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5758636/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29322057 |
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