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Animal Science and Veterinary
Iran
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
34
Citations
4890
World Ranking
1846
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Iran Leader Award

Overview

Majid Fasihi Harandi is affiliated with Kerman University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Their research spans medicine, with a focus on immunology and microbiology. Within these fields, the scientist has contributed extensively to pathology and forensic medicine, surgery, parasitology, ecology, and infectious diseases.

Their main research topics include parasitic infections in humans and animals, congenital anomalies and fetal surgery, parasitic infections and diagnostics, parasite biology and host interactions, amoebic infections and treatments, parasites and host interactions, and insects and parasite interactions.

Notable recent publications authored or co-authored by this scientist include:

  • Health system performance in Iran: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2022, The Lancet
  • Echinococcoses in Iran, Turkey, and Pakistan: Old Diseases in the New Millennium, 2021, Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Cystic echinococcosis in the Eastern Mediterranean region: Neglected and prevailing!, 2020, PLoS neglected tropical diseases
  • Global prevalence of intestinal protozoan contamination in vegetables and fruits: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, Food Control
  • Exosomal microRNA let-7-5p from Taenia pisiformis Cysticercus Prompted Macrophage to M2 Polarization through Inhibiting the Expression of C/EBP δ, 2021, Microorganisms

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with most frequent coauthors being Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Saeid Nasibi, Seyed Mohammad Mousavi, Ali Afgar, and Mehdi Borhani.

Publication venues where the scientist commonly publishes include the Iranian Journal of Parasitology, Parasites & Vectors, PLoS neglected tropical diseases, Veterinary Medicine and Science, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Global Distribution of Alveolar and Cystic Echinococcosis.

    P Deplazes;L Rinaldi;C A Alvarez Rojas;P R Torgerson

  • Molecular and morphological characterization of Echinococcus granulosus of human and animal origin in Iran

    M. Fasihi Harandi;R. P. Hobbs;P. J. Adams;I. Mobedi

  • The Monetary Burden of Cystic Echinococcosis in Iran

    Majid Fasihi Harandi;Christine M. Budke;Sima Rostami

  • Sequence analysis of cox1 and nad1 genes in Echinococcus granulosus G3 genotype in camels (Camelus dromedarius) from central Iran.

    Mitra Sharbatkhori;Majid Fasihi Harandi;Hossein Mirhendi;Elham Hajialilo

  • Sonographical and serological survey of human cystic echinococcosis and analysis of risk factors associated with seroconversion in rural communities of Kerman, Iran.

    M. F. Harandi;S. S. Moazezi;M. Saba;F. Grimm

  • Echinococcus granulosus genotypes in livestock of Iran indicating high frequency of G1 genotype in camels.

    Mitra Sharbatkhori;Hossein Mirhendi;Majid Fasihi Harandi;Mostafa Rezaeian

  • Emergence of a new focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica in rural communities of Bam district after the earthquake, Iran.

    Iraj Sharifi;Somayeh Poursmaelian;Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian;Reza Fotouhi Ardakani

  • Genetic categorization of Echinococcus granulosus from humans and herbivorous hosts in Iran using an integrated mutation scanning-phylogenetic approach.

    Mitra Sharbatkhori;Mitra Sharbatkhori;Hossein Mirhendi;Aaron R. Jex;Aradhana Pangasa

  • Scolicidal Effects of Black Cumin Seed (Nigella sativa) Essential Oil on Hydatid Cysts

    Hossein Mahmoudvand;Ebrahim Saedi Dezaki;Farnaz Kheirandish;Behrouz Ezatpour

  • Genetic variability of Echinococcus granulosus complex in various geographical populations of Iran inferred by mitochondrial DNA sequences

    Adel Spotin;Mahmoud Mahami-Oskouei;Majid Fasihi Harandi;Mehdi Baratchian

  • Genetic characterization of Echinococcus granulosus in camels, cattle and sheep from the south-east of Iran indicates the presence of the G3 genotype.

    E. Hajialilo;M.F. Harandi;M. Sharbatkhori;H. Mirhendi

  • Genotyping Echinococcus granulosus from dogs from Western Iran.

    Farzad Parsa;Majid Fasihi Harandi;Sima Rostami;Mitra Sharbatkhori

  • Echinococcus granulosus strain differentiation in Iran based on sequence heterogeneity in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene.

    M. Rostami Nejad;E. Nazemalhosseini Mojarad;Z. Nochi;M. Fasihi Harandi

  • Efficacy of Myrtus communis L. to inactivate the hydatid cyst protoscoleces

    Hossein Mahmoudvand;Shirzad Fallahi;Hormoz Mahmoudvand;Mojtaba Shakibaie

  • In Vitro Inhibitory Effect of Berberis vulgaris (Berberidaceae) and Its Main Component, Berberine against Different Leishmania Species

    Hossein Mahmoudvand;Fariba Sharififar;Iraj Sharifi;Behrouz Ezatpour

  • Genetic Characterization of Echinococcus granulosus from a Large Number of Formalin-Fixed, Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Samples of Human Isolates in Iran

    Sima Rostami;Shams Shariat Torbaghan;Shahriar Dabiri;Zahra Babaei

  • Genotype identification of human cystic echinococcosis in Isfahan, central Iran

    Eshrat Bigom Kia;Hamidreza Rahimi;Hamidreza Rahimi;Mitra Sharbatkhori;Ardeshir Talebi

  • Protoscolecidal Effect of Berberis vulgaris Root Extract and Its Main Compound, Berberine in Cystic Echinococcosis.

    Hossein Mahmoudvand;Ebrahim Saedi Dezaki;Fariba Sharififar;Behrouz Ezatpour

  • Molecular identification of animal isolates of Echinococcus granulosus from Iran using four mitochondrial genes

    M. Rostami Nejad;N. Taghipour;Z. Nochi;E. Nazemalhosseini Mojarad

  • Genetic differentiation of the G6/7 cluster of Echinococcus canadensis based on mitochondrial marker genes

    Francis Addy;Marion Wassermann;Dorothy Kagendo;Dennis Ebi

  • Molecular and morphological characterization of the tapeworm Taenia hydatigena (Pallas, 1766) in sheep from Iran.

    S. Rostami;R. Salavati;R.N. Beech;Z. Babaei

  • The effect of verapamil on in vitro susceptibility of promastigote and amastigote stages of Leishmania tropica to meglumine antimoniate.

    Azar Shokri;Iraj Sharifi;Ali Khamesipour;Nozar Nakhaee

  • Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato GENOTYPES IN DOMESTIC LIVESTOCK AND HUMANS IN GOLESTAN PROVINCE, IRAN

    Mitra Sharbatkhori;Asal Tanzifi;Sima Rostami;Masoomeh Rostami

  • Echinococcus granulosus: variability of the host-protective EG95 vaccine antigen in G6 and G7 genotypic variants.

    Conan Chow;Charles G. Gauci;Gulay Vural;David J. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Eshrat Beigom Kia
Eshrat Beigom Kia Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Mehdi Mohebali
Mehdi Mohebali Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Samath D Dharmaratne
Samath D Dharmaratne University of Peradeniya
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Sanni Yaya
Sanni Yaya University of Ottawa
Afshin Maleki
Afshin Maleki Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Marshall W. Lightowlers
Marshall W. Lightowlers University of Melbourne
Peter Deplazes
Peter Deplazes University of Zurich
Christine M. Budke
Christine M. Budke Texas A&M University

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