Investigation of Visceral Leishmaniasis among 192 Dog Carcasses Killed by Road Accidents in Khorasan Razavi, North-eastern Iran during 2014-2016

Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), so-called Kala-azar is a life threating parasitic infectious disease caused by Leishmania spp. L. infantum is the main causative agent for Mediterranean form of Kala-azar which is endemic in northeastern Iran. This study attempted to investigate existence of...

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Main Authors: Elham MOGHADDAS, Abdolmajid FATA, Mehdi ZAREAN, Majid DERAKHSHANI, Mahdi FAKHAR, Seyed Aliakbar SHAMSIAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2018-11-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/15164