Geographical distribution and ecological features of the great gerbil subspecies in the main zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis foci in Iran

Abai, Mohammad Reza; Oshaghi, Mohammad Ali; Tajedin, Leila; Rassi, Yavar; Akhavan, Amir Ahmad

doi:10.1016/s1995-7645(10)60192-7

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“…In European countries, the seroprevalence of domestic cats to visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas varies from 0.9% [6] to 4.29% in Italy [7] , 30.4% in Portugal [8] , 60% in Spain [9] and 6.7% in Jerusalem [10][11][12] . In the southwestern region of Brazil, the seroprevalence for visceral leishmaniasis in this Contents lists available at ScienceDirect was about 25% in domestic cats [13] .…”

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The first case report of Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi in Panthera leo in Brazil

Dahroug

Almeida

Sousa

et al. 2011

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

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The first case report of Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi in Panthera leo in Brazil

Dahroug

Almeida

Sousa

et al. 2011

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

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“…isolation from various species of gerbils, the role of these rodents in the maintenance of L. major requires more studies and elucidation. Rhombomys opimus, the great gerbil, is the primary reservoir host of L. major in the arid regions of central Iran [75][76][77]. However, Tatera indica, Meriones libycus and Meriones hurrianae are other important reservoir rodents in some foci [38,42,78].…”

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“…In the foci where R. opimus is the primary host, the inexpensive and remarkably effective approach [19,76,77] was using zinc phosphide [2.5%) as a rodenticide. Rhombomys is readily identifiable by its burrow system and distinctive morphology [61,75]. This control program has significantly reduced the incidence rate of ZCL when compared to the control group at the end of the first and second year of operation [77].…”

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

Sharifi¹,

Aflatoonian²,

Babaei³

et al. 2019

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Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in Iran could be considered as an emerging disease that is rapidly increasing and expanding its traditional geographical range to new foci. Sixteen registered emerging epidemics have occurred since 1998 in different provinces. Various risk factors, including agricultural development, earthquake, movement to endemic areas, construction of buildings near colonies of rodents, sleeping outside, cross-border movements, and poor sanitation, play crucial roles in the expansion of the disease. The mentioned risk factors can lead to the gradual or sudden emergence of new CL epidemics, and long-lasting endemic foci can also erupt into epidemics. This paper reviews the emerging epidemics published between 1998 and 2019 in Iran with particular emphasis on the operational aspects of control and related risk factors caused by anthroponotic CL (ACL) and zoonotic CL (ZCL). The competent surveillance system should be extended to all high-risk areas to facilitate controlling the emerging epidemics of ACL and ZCL in the affected areas.

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“…[67] Fars province in the south of Iran is one of the important foci of the disease. Based on the reported evidence, most rural areas in this province such as Arsanjan, Neiriz and Marvdasht cities can be considered as a CL focus.…”

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“…[4613–16] So, we designed and conducted the present study to determine the eco-environmental characteristics of this disease by spatial analysis.…”

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Spatial analysis of eco-environmental risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southern Iran

Arbabi¹,

Mohammadbeigi²,

Tabatabaee³

et al. 2012

J Cutan Aesthet Surg

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Background:Despite the advances in the diagnosis and treatment of leishmaniasis, it is still considered as a severe public health problem particularly in developing countries and a great economic burden on the health resources. The present study was designed and conducted to determine the eco-environmental characteristics of the leishmaniasis disease by spatial analysis.Materials and Methods:In an ecological study, data were collected on eco-environmental factors of Fars province in Iran and on cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) cases from 2002 to 2009. geographic weighted regression (GWR) was used to analyse the data and compare them with ordinary least square (OLS) regression model results. Moran's Index was applied for analysis of spatial autocorrelation in residual of OLS. P value less than 0.05 was considered as significant and adjusted R2 was used for model preferences.Results:There was a significant spatial autocorrelation in the residuals of OLS model (Z=2.45, P=0.014). GWR showed that rainy days, minimum temperature, wind velocity, maximum relative humidity and population density were the most important eco-environmental risk factors and explained 0.388 of the associated factors of CL.Conclusion:Spatial analysis can be a good tool for detection and prediction of CL disease. In autocorrelated and non-stationary data, GWR model yields a better fitness than OLS regression model. Also, population density can be used as a surrogate variable of acquired immunity and increase the adjusted R2.

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Geographical distribution and ecological features of the great gerbil subspecies in the main zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis foci in Iran

Cited by 21 publications

References 14 publications

The first case report of Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi in Panthera leo in Brazil

The first case report of Leishmania (leishmania) chagasi in Panthera leo in Brazil

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

Spatial analysis of eco-environmental risk factors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southern Iran

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