Open AccessSeroepidemiological Study of Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) in Children under 12 Years Old in North of Iran: An Observational Study in 2019-2020
Author(s) -
Iraj Amir Niaye Shad,
Mohammad Mahmoudi,
Mehdi Mohebali,
Zahra Atrkar Roshan,
Keyhan Ashrafi,
Behnaz Akhoundi,
Bijan Shad
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iranian journal of parasitology./iranian journal of parasitology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.477
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2008-238X
pISSN - 1735-7020
DOI - 10.18502/ijpa.v17i3.10621
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , medicine , leishmania infantum , visceral leishmaniasis , direct agglutination test , leishmaniasis , pediatrics , immunology , serology , antibody
Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by the Leishmania donovani complex that is transmitted by the bites of female sandflies. Mediterranean type of VL caused by L. infantum . While, Roudbar County of Guilan Province has been introduced as a suspected cutaneous leishmaniasis focus; there are no published data on the seroprevalence of VL in Guilan Province. We aimed to investigate the sero-prevalence of this disease in Roudbar County.