Echinococcosis is one of the major zoonotic parasitic diseases in the Middle East and Arabic
North Africa from Morocco to Egypt. Both cystic and alveolar echinococcosis has been …

Echinococcus granulosus sensu stricto is a cosmopolitan parasite causing cystic echinococcosis
in humans and livestock. Recent molecular phylogeographic studies suggested the …

Toxocariasis is a parasitic zoonosis with worldwide distribution that affects both cats and dogs.
Necropsy of 114 stray cats from Shiraz revealed that 106 (92.9%) stray cats were infected …

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL), caused by Leishmania infantum, is an endemic zoonosis in Iran.
In recent years, Leishmania infection in cats has been reported in several countries where …

Diagnosis of hydatidosis is based on immunodiagnostic methods along with radiological
and ultrasound examinations. The objectives of the present study were to develop a specific …

The current study aimed to find out the morphometric and genotypic divergences of the flukes
isolated from different hosts in a newly emerging focus of human fascioliasis in Iran. Adult …

Background: Hydatidosis is one of the cosmopolitan parasitic zoonoses caused by the larval
stage of Echinococcus granulosus. Diagnosis of hydatidosis is still an unresolved problem. …

This study was conducted to assess the protoscolicidal effect of garlic (Allium sativum) extract
on protoscoleces of hydatid cysts in vitro. Viability of protoscoleces was determined, as the …

Background Toxocariasis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases caused by Toxocara
larva stage in humans. One of the major transmission routes of infection, especially in …

For serodiagnosis of cystic echinococcosis (CE), the usefulness of three native antigens, a
hydatid cyst fluid (HCF) obtained from infected sheep in China, two types of antigen B …