Department of Medical Parasitology, Sarab Faculty of Medical Sciences, Sarab, Iran.
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
PLoS One. 2024 Mar 13;19(3):e0296777. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296777. eCollection 2024.
Leishmaniasis refers to a disease with a wide range of manifestations; and there are three main forms of disease, cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral. Leishmaniasis is one of the diseases with a protozoan agent which is vector-borne. Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most severe form that can be fiercely life-threatening if left untreated. VL can be caused by members of Leishmania donovani complex, in Iran, Leishmania infantum is considered the primary causative agent of VL, resulting in a zoonotic form of VL. The two main goals of our work, which followed our prior sero-epidemiological and entomological survey, were to characterize and conduct a phylogenetic analysis of the Leishmania species that infect people, dogs, and sandflies. The samples were collected throughout 2017, from January to December, so blood samples were collected from humans and dogs, while sandfly samples were collected with sticky traps. DNA extracted from all seropositive samples of humans and dogs, 10% of sero-negative human samples, and all collected sandflies were subjected to kDNA-nested-PCR for tracing parasites. A total of 30 samples, including 20 human samples, 8 dog samples, and 2 sandfly samples, were found positive for the kDNA gene of L. infantum. Sequences were evaluated to study the genetic diversity among the six discovered L. infantum. Based on kDNA, the phylogenetic study of L. infantum demonstrated a high level of genetic variety and a relationship between the host, the parasite's geographic origin, and its genetic diversity.
利什曼病是一种临床表现广泛的疾病;有三种主要的疾病形式,皮肤利什曼病、黏膜皮肤利什曼病和内脏利什曼病。利什曼病是一种以原生动物为病原体的虫媒病。内脏利什曼病(VL)是最严重的一种形式,如果不治疗,可能会对生命造成严重威胁。VL 可由利什曼原虫复合体的成员引起,在伊朗,利什曼原虫婴儿期被认为是 VL 的主要病原体,导致一种人畜共患的 VL 形式。我们的工作有两个主要目标,这两个目标是在我们之前的血清流行病学和昆虫学调查之后进行的,旨在对感染人类、狗和沙蝇的利什曼物种进行特征描述和系统发育分析。样本是在 2017 年全年收集的,从 1 月到 12 月,因此从人类和狗身上采集了血液样本,同时用粘性陷阱采集了沙蝇样本。从所有血清阳性的人类和狗样本、10%的血清阴性人类样本以及所有采集的沙蝇中提取 DNA,进行 kDNA-巢式-PCR 追踪寄生虫。总共发现 30 个样本,包括 20 个人类样本、8 个狗样本和 2 个沙蝇样本,这些样本的 kDNA 基因对利什曼原虫婴儿期呈阳性。对序列进行评估,以研究六个发现的利什曼原虫婴儿期之间的遗传多样性。基于 kDNA,利什曼原虫婴儿期的系统发育研究表明遗传多样性水平很高,以及宿主、寄生虫的地理起源及其遗传多样性之间存在关系。
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