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In recent years,\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection in cats has been reported in several countries where leishmaniasis is present. The aim of this study was to survey\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection in cats and to detect its causative agents in VL endemic areas in Iran. Forty stray cats were captured from two areas where VL is endemic, Fars and East Azerbaijan provinces. Infection with\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                    was evaluated by parasitological and molecular methods.\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                    parasites were detected in 4 out of 40 cats (10%). The parasite was isolated from the spleen of three and the liver of one cat and mass cultivated in the culture medium. Molecular and isoenzyme characterization revealed that the parasites isolated from the four cats were all\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">L. infantum<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Considering the high rate of feline\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                    infection in this study, it may be suggested that cats have an epidemiological role in areas where VL is endemic in Iran.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1089\/vbz.2009.0023","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2009,6,3]],"date-time":"2009-06-03T17:40:38Z","timestamp":1244050838000},"page":"313-316","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":45,"title":["First Report of Natural Infection in Cats with\n                    <i>Leishmania infantum<\/i>\n                    in Iran"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Gholam Reza","family":"Hatam","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Shiraz University of Medical Sciences","place":["Iran"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Seyed Jafar","family":"Adnani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shiraz University of Medical Sciences","place":["Iran"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qasem","family":"Asgari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shiraz University of Medical Sciences","place":["Iran"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Esmael","family":"Fallah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Tabriz University of Medical Sciences","place":["Iran"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mohammad Hossein","family":"Motazedian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shiraz University of Medical Sciences","place":["Iran"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Seyed Mahmoud","family":"Sadjjadi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shiraz University of Medical Sciences","place":["Iran"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bahador","family":"Sarkari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Shiraz University of Medical Sciences","place":["Iran"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2010,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_1","first-page":"99","article-title":"Visceral leishmaniasis; literature review and Iranian experience","volume":"2","author":"Alborzi A","year":"2007","unstructured":"Alborzi A, , Pouladfar GR, , Aelami MH. 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