The impact of earthquakes on public health: A narrative review of infectious diseases in the post-disaster period aiming to disaster risk reduction

M Mavrouli, S Mavroulis, E Lekkas, A Tsakris - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Earthquakes are among the most impressive natural phenomena with very high potential to
set off a chain of effects that significantly affects public health through casualties and injuries …

[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticles: New agents toward treatment of leishmaniasis

A Nafari, K Cheraghipour, M Sepahvand… - Parasite epidemiology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a widespread disease that causes 20,000 to 30,000 deaths annually,
making it a major health problem in endemic areas. Because of low-performance …

Leishmania vaccines entered in clinical trials: a review of literature

M Moafi, H Rezvan, R Sherkat… - International Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Leishmaniasis is considered as a zoonotic infection and neglected tropical disease.
Leishmania treatment is not totally successful and imposes high expenditures, especially in …

High-risk spatiotemporal patterns of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a nationwide study in Iran from 2011 to 2020

N Firouraghi, R Bergquist, M Fatima… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a wide-reaching infection of major public
health concern. Iran is one of the six most endemic countries in the world. This study aims to …

Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Sabzevari, SH Teshnizi, A Shokri, F Bahrami… - Microbial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cutaneous leishmaniasis as a public health concern that attracts many attentions in
endemic area. There is no exact estimation of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran. This study …

Risk factors for anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in unresponsive and responsive patients in a major focus, southeast of Iran

M Bamorovat, I Sharifi, MR Aflatoonian, H Sharifi… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a serious health challenge at the global level due to
Leishmania tropica. This study was conducted to evaluate the risk factors associated with …

Major risk factors and histopathological profile of treatment failure, relapse and chronic patients with anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis: a prospective case …

M Bamorovat, I Sharifi, S Dabiri… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Over the last years, there has been a remarkable increase in the number of unresponsive
patients with anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) reported worldwide. The primary …

Associated-risk determinants for anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis treated with meglumine antimoniate: A cohort study in Iran

MR Aflatoonian, I Sharifi, B Aflatoonian… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The control of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is facilitated by knowledge of
factors associated with the treatment failures in endemic countries. The aim of this …

[HTML][HTML] Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran: A review of epidemiological aspects, with emphasis on molecular findings

Z Nasiri, M Kalantari, J Mohammadi, S Daliri… - Parasite, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Leishmania parasites can cause zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) by circulating
between humans, rodents, and sandflies in Iran. In this study, published data were collected …

Determinants of Unresponsiveness to Treatment in Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: A Focus on Anthroponotic Form Due to Leishmania tropica

M Bamorovat, I Sharifi, R Tavakoli Oliaee… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a curable disease; however, due to various risk factors,
unresponsiveness to CL treatments is inevitable. The treatment of CL has been firmly …