ABSTRACT
Background and Objectives: Two clinical forms of leishmaniasis exist in Iran: cutaneous and visceral. According to the sporadic reports of new cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis [VL] in Lorestan province, real status of VL is not clear, so this study aimed to describe the seroprevalence of VL in Delphan city
Materials and Methods: In this descriptive analytic study, blood samples were collected from children /= 1/3200 accompanied with clinical symptoms was considered as VL diseas
Results: 800 collected serum samples, 21[2.62%] showed anti-Leishmania antibodies at titers of 1/800 and 1/1600, whereas 5[0.62%] showed anti-Leishmania antibodies at titers of ?1/3200. But just one of them showed clinical symptoms [anemia and large abdominal] which is under treatment with miltefosine
Conclusion: A new focus of VL with low endemicity is going to be formed in our region, which showed that further studies on vector and reservoirs is necessary in the region and other parts of Lorestan province