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Mehdi Mohebali
Researcher at Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Publications - 469
Citations - 9029
Mehdi Mohebali is an academic researcher from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Visceral leishmaniasis & Cutaneous leishmaniasis. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 435 publications receiving 7831 citations. Previous affiliations of Mehdi Mohebali include University of Tehran & Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services.
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Unresponsiveness to Glucantime treatment in Iranian cutaneous leishmaniasis due to drug-resistant Leishmania tropica parasites.
TL;DR: This is the first report of proven resistant parasites contributing to treatment failure for cutaneous leishmaniasis and shows that primary Glucantime-resistant L. tropica field isolates are now frequent in Iran.
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Epidemiological aspects of canine visceral leishmaniosis in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Mehdi Mohebali,Homa Hajjaran,Yazdan Hamzavi,Iraj Mobedi,Shahnam Arshi,Zabih Zarei,Behnaz Akhoundi,Koroush Manouchehri Naeini,Reza Avizeh,Mehdi Fakhar +9 more
TL;DR: Parasitology and serology tests that were performed in 30 wild canines showed 10% these animals were infected by Leishmania infantum, and anti-leishmanial antibodies were detected in some of the seropositive dogs with specific clinical signs.
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Visceral leishmaniasis in Iran: Review of the Epidemiological and Clinical Features.
TL;DR: Integrated VL surveillance system in primary care using DAT, could decrease mortality and morbidity of the disease in the VL endemic areas of the northwestern Iran.
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Application of Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) for the Diagnosis and Seroepidemiological Studies of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran
Mehdi Mohebali,Edrisian Gh.H.,A Nadim,H Hajaran,Behnaz Akhoundi,Houshmand Badakhshan,Z A Zareei,Shahnam Arshi,Nasrin Mirsamadi,K Manouchehri Naeini,Setareh Mamishi,A A Sanati,Abdolali Moshfe,Sorour Charehdar,Mahdi Fakhar +14 more
TL;DR: Sero prevalence, geographical distribution, clinical signs and symptoms for human visceral leishmaniasis based on DAT for the period of 2002 through 2005 were determined and L. infantum Lon49 is the principal agent of the disease in human as well as animal reservoir hosts in different parts of Iran.
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Characterization of leishmania infection in rodents from endemic areas of the islamic republic of iran
Mehdi Mohebali,E Javadian,Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi,Amir Ahmad Akhavan,Homa Hajjaran,M R Abaei +5 more
TL;DR: Between 1991-2000, Leishmania species were isolated and characterized by isoenzyme and molecular analysis from rodents caught in various parts of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and parasites were observed in liver and spleen from 13.7% of 504 rodents.