Review and A Brief Report on the Health Perspective, Causative Agents, Vectors, and Reservoirs of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran

• Main Authors: Jalal Mohammadi (Author), Mohsen Kalantari (Author), Zahra Nasiri (Author), Davood Mehrabani (Author), Hamzeh Alipour (Author), Mohammad Djafar Moemenbellah-Fard (Author), Kourosh Azizi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is still widespread in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. The vector of the disease is a sandfly, when infected with Leishmania parasite, can transmit the parasite from humans to other vertebrates. As knowledge about causative agents, vectors, and res...