Causes of Pediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis in Southeastern Iran

Ali Hosseininasab; Iraj Sharifi; Mohammad Hossein Daei; Mehdi Zarean; Mahsa Dadkhah

Iranian Journal of Parasitology (Dec 2014)

Causes of Pediatric Visceral Leishmaniasis in Southeastern Iran

Ali Hosseininasab,
Iraj Sharifi,
Mohammad Hossein Daei,
Mehdi Zarean,
Mahsa Dadkhah

Affiliations

Ali Hosseininasab: Tropical and Infectious Diseases Research Centre, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Iraj Sharifi: Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein Daei: Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Mehdi Zarean: Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Mahsa Dadkhah: Leishmaniasis Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4

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Leishmania infantum is the most frequent cause of visceral leishmaniasis and L. tropica has been rarely linked to the disease in Iran. In this study, bone marrow aspirates were collected from 10 child patients, suspected with visceral leishmaniasis referred to the Pediatric Wards of Kerman Medical Hospitals, Kerman, Iran during 2002–2011. Leishmania species were identified by using nested PCR in all slides. The PCR samples from nine patients indicated L. infantum as principal causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis and one L. tropica as a minor species.

Published in Iranian Journal of Parasitology

ISSN: 1735-7020 (Print); 2008-238X (Online)
Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: http://ijpa.tums.ac.ir

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