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Leishmaniasis
Research on leishmaniasis detailed by scientists at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
October 21st, 2008
Research findings, 'Asymptomatic human carriers of Leishmania infantum: possible reservoirs for Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis in southern Iran,' are discussed in a new report. "Over the last decade, the incidence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has increased in many districts of the province of Fars, in southern Iran. Recent epidemiological reports indicate that asymptomatic human infections with Leishmania infantum (the causative agent of VL throughout the Mediterranean basin) occur more frequently in Iran than was previously believed," scientists in Iran report. "Between 2004 and 2006, blood samples were collected from 802 apparently healthy subjects from...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-10-21)
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