Assessing the Ovarian Accessory Glands to Determine the Parity of Phlebotomus papatasi, Vector of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, under Laboratory Condition

• Main Authors: Mahboubeh Fatemi (Author), Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi (Author), Mehdi Mohebali (Author), Zahra Saeidi (Author), Arshad Veysi (Author), Ali Khamesipour (Author), Amir Ahmad Akhavan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a neglected tropical disease prevailed in many rural areas of 17 out of 31 provinces in Iran. The main vector of the disease is Phlebotomus papatasi and the causative agent is Leishmania major in ZCL foci of Iran. In the current study we investig...