First Report of Natural Infection of to and in the Endemic Foci of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran

Overview

Journal J Arthropod Borne Dis

Publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Date 2023 May 9

PMID 37159599

Authors

Azad Absavaran

Mehdi Mohebali

Vahideh Moin-Vaziri

Alireza Zahraei-Ramazani

Amir Ahmad Akhavan

Sayena Rafizadeh

Amirhossin Rassi

Alireza Barmaki

Yavar Rassi

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Abstract

Background: The primary aim of this study is to determine infection to parasites in the wild population of and using molecular methods in some important zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis foci in Iran.

Methods: Sand flies were collected from active colonies of rodent burrows from 16 trapping sites using sticky trap paper. In order to detect and identify of parasites in females and the Nested-PCR amplification of ITS2-rDNA region was performed to generate amplicon with 245bp for , 206bp for and 141bp for .

Results: In the current study we found DNA of different gerbil parasites such as and and mixed infection of in and It should be noted that, in Iran, natural infection with parasites is recorded for the first time in this study in .

Conclusion: Both species of and not only may participate in the ZCL transmission cycle between reservoir hosts, but also results of this study support the role of these species as secondary vectors in the transmission of leishmaniasis to humans.

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