First microscopical and molecular-based characterization of Leishmania major within naturally infected Phlebotomus salehi (Diptera; Psychodidae) in Fars province, southern Iran

REFERENCES

• Aransay AM, Scoulica E, Tselentis Y. (2000). Detection and identification of Leishmania DNA within naturally infected sandflies by semi nested PCR on minicircle kinetoplastic DNA. Applied and environmental microbiology, 66, 1933–1938.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ardehali S, Moattari A, Hatam GR, Hosseini SM, Sharifi I. (2000). Characterization of Leishmania isolated in Iran. 1. Serotyping with species specific monoclonal antibodies. Acta Tropica, 31, 301–307.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Azizi K, Rassi Y, Javadian E, Motazedian MH, Asgari Q, Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR. (2008). First detection of Leishmania infantum in Phlebotomus (Larroussius) major (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Iran. Journal of Medical Entomology, 45, 726–731.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Azizi K, Rassi Y, Javadian E, Motazedian MH, Rafizadeh S, Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR, Mohebali M. (2006). Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) alexandri: a probable vector of Leishmania infantum in Iran. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 100, 63–68.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Azizi K, Rassi Y, Javadian E, Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR, Jalali M, Kalantari M. (2009). The fauna and bioecology of vectors of Leishmaniasis (Phlebotominae sandflies) in Nourabad Mamassani County, Fars Province. Journal of Armaghane-danesh, 13, 102–110. (Persian).
   Google Scholar
• Azizi K, Rassi Y, Moemenbellah-Fard MD. (2010). PCR-based detection of Leishmania major kDNA within naturally infected Phlebotomus papatasi in Southern Iran. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 104, 440–442.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Davami MH, Motazedian MH, Sarkari B. (2010). The changing profile of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a focus of the disease in Jahrom district, Southern Iran. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 104, 377–382.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dejeux P. (2001). The increase in risk factors for leishmaniasis worldwide. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 95, 239–243.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fakhar M, Motazedian MH, Hatam GR, Asgari Q, Kalantari M, Mohebali M. (2008). Asymptomatic human carriers of Leishmania infantum possible reservoirs for Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis in Southern Iran. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 102, 577–583.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fars Budget, Planning Organization. (2000). Position of Fars province: annual report. Management and Planning Press. pp. 20–30 (In Persian).
   Google Scholar
• Ghasemian M, Maraghi S, Samarbafzadeh AR, Jelowdar A, Kalantari M. (2011). The PCR-based detection and identification of the parasites causing human cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Iranian city of Ahvaz. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 105, 209–215.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kasiri H, Javadian E. (2000). The natural leptomonad infection of Phlebotomus papatasi and Phlebotomus salehi in endemic foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sistan and Bluchestan province (Southeast of Iran). Iranian Journal of Public Health, 29, 15–20.
   Google Scholar
• Killick-Kendrick R. (1999). The biology and control of phlebotomine sandflies. Clinics in Dermatology, 17, 279–289.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Le Blancq SM, Schnur LF, Peters W. (1986). Leishmania in the old world: the geographical and hostal distribution of L. major zymodemes. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 80, 99–112.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lewis DJ. (1982). A taxonomic review of the genus Phlebotomus (Diptera: Psychodidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 45, 121–209.
   Google Scholar
• Maia C, Afonso MO, Neto L, Dionísio L, Campino L. (2009). Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum in naturally infected Phlebotomus perniciosus from Algarve Region, Portugal. Journal of Vector Borne Disease, 46, 268–272.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mesghali A, Rashti MA. (1968). Phlebotominae (Diptera) of Iran. IV. More information about Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) salehi Mesghali, 1965. Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique, 61, 768–772.
   Google Scholar
• Moemenbellah-Fard MD, Kalantari M, Rassi Y, Javadian E. (2003). The PCR-based detection of Leishmania major infections in Meriones libycus (Rodentia: Muridae) from Southern Iran. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 97, 811–816.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Mohebali M, Javadian E, Yaghoobi-Ershadi MR, Akhavan AA, Hajjran H, Abaei MR. (2004). Characterization of Leishmania infection in rodents from endemic areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 10, 415.
   Google Scholar
• Motazedian H, Karamian M, Noyes HA, Ardehali S. (2002). DNA extraction and amplification of Leishmania from archived, Giemsa-stained slides, for the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis by PCR. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 96, 31–34.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Motazedian MH, Mehrabani D, Oryan A, Asgari Q, Karamian M, Kalantari M. (2006). Life cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Larestan, Southern Iran. Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, 1, 137–143.
   Google Scholar
• Nadim A, Tahvildare-Bidruni GH (1977). Epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran: B. Khorassan, part VI: cutaneous leishmaniasis in Neishabur, Iran. Bulletin de la Société de Pathologie Exotique, 70, 171–177.
   Google Scholar
• Pourmohammadi B, Motazedian MH, Kalantari M. 2008. Rodent infection with Leishmania in a new focus of human cutaneous leishmaniasis, in northern Iran. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 102, 127–133.
   Google Scholar
• Rassi Y, Gassemi MM, Javadian E, Rafizadeh S, Motazedian H, Vatandoost H. (2007).Vectors and reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Marvdasht district, Southern Islamic Republic of Iran. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 13, 686–693.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Razmjou Sh, Hejazy H, Motazedian MH, Baghaei M, Emamy M, Kalantary M. (2009). A new focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Shiraz, Iran. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103, 727–730.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sahabi Z, Seyyedi Rashti MA, Nadim A, Javadian E, Kazemeini M, Abai MR. (1992). A preliminary report on the natural leptomonad infection of Phlebotomus major in an endemic focus of V.L. in Fars Province, south of Iran. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 21, 87–93.
   Google Scholar
• Seyedi Rashti MA, Sahabi Z, Notash KananiA. (1995). Phlebotomus (Larroussius) Keshishiani hchurenkova1936, Another vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Iran. Iranian Journal of Public Health, 24, 25–30.
   Google Scholar
• Smart J, Jordan K, Whittick RJ. (1965). Insects of Medical Importance. Oxfords: Adlen Press. pp. 286–288.
   Google Scholar
• Theodor O, Mesghali A. (1964). On the phlebotominae of Iran. Journal of Medical Entomology, 1, 285–300.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar