A new focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis and identification of parasite species by nested PCR in Jiroft, Iran

Evaluation of the ecological characteristics in the vector of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in a new focus of Mohammad Abad, Kerman, southeast of Iran

“…A total of 250 sand flies were collected for host preference analysis, and blood meals of 120 sand flies belonged to the species of P. sergenti were subjected to restriction fragment length polymorphism confirmation. Abad Village has become a new focus of ACL [5]. Mohammad…”

“…As a result of these migrations and recreational activities, Mohammad Abad has become a new focus of ACL transmission [5].…”

Emerging Epidemics of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran: Operational Aspects, Management and Implemented Control Approaches

“…Emerging outbreaks of both ACL and ZCL are often associated with migration and the introduction of susceptible individuals into endemic areas where anthroponotic or enzootic transmission cycle is established. Seasonal labor movements may also spread the disease, with the return of migrants to endemic areas, as appears to have occurred in several foci in Kerman [25,29,31,35,44], Yazd [35] and Sistan and Baluchistan [45], Fars [46] and Isfahan [24] provinces.…”

“…This clinic can be used as a headquarter for various activities involved in the course of the control program. In the southeastern Iranian district of Bam and the surrounding cities, the emerging epidemics of CL occurred in several foci, after the massive earthquake in 2003 [18,[25][26][27][29][30][31]44,47]. Most of the control activities including personnel training, face-to-face health education, diagnosis and identification of CL cases, treatment of patients, active and passive casefinding, implementation of vector control measures, modification of the physical environment, and referral of non-healing cases to specialists or assigned clinics, were initiated.…”

“…Following the earthquake in Bam, various occupational positions became available during the reconstruction of buildings. Economic conditions encouraged mass movement [25,29,31,44] from various provinces particularly Fars [46] and Qom [22,23] to the affected areas. Numerous susceptible labor forces, mostly from non-endemic areas within the province and from other provinces of the country, traveled to disastrous areas, where active foci of CL were present.…”