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Biology and Biochemistry
Iran
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
55
Citations
11898
World Ranking
14969
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Iran Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Iran Leader Award

Overview

Mehdi Mohebali is affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran and has a research focus primarily in the field of Medicine, with extensive work in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Molecular Biology.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mehdi Mohebali include:

  • Homa Hajjaran
  • Behnaz Akhoundi
  • Zabihollah Zarei
  • Elham Kazemirad
  • Hossein Keshavarz

Mehdi Mohebali has contributed publications to several venues, with frequent publishing in:

  • Iranian Journal of Parasitology
  • Iranian Journal of Public Health
  • Journal of arthropod-borne diseases
  • BMC Infectious Diseases
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Representative recent papers include:

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of asymptomatic malaria infection in pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A challenge for malaria elimination efforts (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • Prevalence and associated risk factors of human intestinal parasitic infections: a population-based study in the southeast of Kerman province, southeastern Iran (2020, BMC Infectious Diseases)
  • The diagnostic accuracy of direct agglutination test for serodiagnosis of human visceral leishmaniasis: a systematic review with meta-analysis (2020, BMC Infectious Diseases)
  • Intestinal parasites among food handlers of food service establishments in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, BMC Public Health)
  • Presence and diversity of Leishmania RNA virus in an old zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus, northeastern Iran: haplotype and phylogenetic based approach (2020, International Journal of Infectious Diseases)

Best Publications

  • Unresponsiveness to Glucantime treatment in Iranian cutaneous leishmaniasis due to drug-resistant Leishmania tropica parasites.

    Ramtin Hadighi;Mehdi Mohebali;Patrick Boucher;Homa Hajjaran

  • Epidemiological aspects of canine visceral leishmaniosis in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

    Mehdi Mohebali;Homa Hajjaran;Yazdan Hamzavi;Iraj Mobedi

  • Visceral leishmaniasis in Iran: Review of the Epidemiological and Clinical Features.

    Mehdi Mohebali

  • Application of Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) for the Diagnosis and Seroepidemiological Studies of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iran

    M Mohebali;Edrisian Gh.H.;A Nadim;H Hajaran

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF LEISHMANIA INFECTION IN RODENTS FROM ENDEMIC AREAS OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

    Mohebali M;Javadian E;Yaghoobi-Ershadi Mr;Akhavan Aa

  • Domestic dog ownership in Iran is a risk factor for human infection with Leishmania infantum.

    A Samad Mazloumi Gavgani;Hassan Mohite;Gholan H Edrissian;Mehdi Mohebali

  • Comparison of miltefosine and meglumine antimoniate for the treatment of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) by a randomized clinical trial in Iran

    M. Mohebali;A. Fotouhi;B. Hooshmand;Z. Zarei

  • Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) alexandri: a probable vector of Leishmania infantum in Iran.

    K. Azizi;Y. Rassi;E. Javadian;M. H. Motazedian

  • Epidemiological study in a new focus of cutaneous leishmaniosis due to Leishmania major in Ardestan town, central Iran.

    M.R Yaghoobi-Ershadi;A.A Hanafi-Bojd;A.A Akhavan;A.R Zahrai-Ramazani

  • Double-blind randomized efficacy field trial of alum precipitated autoclaved Leishmania major vaccine mixed with BCG against canine visceral leishmaniasis in Meshkin-Shahr district, I.R. Iran

    Mehdi Mohebali;Ali Khamesipour;Iraj Mobedi;Zabih Zarei

  • Genotyping of Acanthamoeba isolates from clinical and environmental specimens in Iran

    Maryam Niyyati;Jacob Lorenzo-Morales;Sasan Rezaie;Firoozeh Rahimi

  • An observational study on the current distribution of visceral leishmaniasis in different geographical zones of Iran and implication to health policy.

    Mehdi Mohebali;Gholam Hossein Edrissian;Mohammad Reza Shirzadi;Behnaz Akhoundi

  • Meriones Iibycus and Rhombomys opimus (Rodentia: Gerbillidae) are the main reservoir hosts in a new focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran

    M.R. Yaghoobi-Ershadi;A.A. Akhavan;M. Mohebali

  • Canine visceral leishmaniasis: asymptomatic infected dogs as a source of L. infantum infection.

    Abdolali Moshfe;Mehdi Mohebali;Gholamhossein Edrissian;Zabih Zarei

  • Identification and differentiation of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica using a simple PCR-restriction enzyme method.

    Mohammad Bagher Rokni;Hossein Mirhendi;Azadeh Mizani;Mehdi Mohebali

  • A new focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania tropica.

    Mohammad R. Yaghoobi-Ershadi;Ahmad A. Hanafi-Bojd;Ezzatodin Javadian;Reza Jafari

  • Rapid detection of Leishmania infantum infection in dogs: comparative study using an immunochromatographic dipstick rk39 test and direct agglutination

    M Mohebali;M Taran;Z Zarei

  • Evaluation of PCR assay in diagnosis and identification of cutaneous leishmaniasis: a comparison with the parasitological methods.

    Farideh Shahbazi;Saed Shahabi;Bahram Kazemi;Mehdi Mohebali

  • Glucantime-resistant Leishmania tropica isolated from Iranian patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis are sensitive to alternative antileishmania drugs

    R. Hadighi;P. Boucher;A. Khamesipour;A. R. Meamar

  • Seroepidemiological study of visceral leishmaniasis among humans and animal reservoirs in Bushehr province, Islamic Republic of Iran.

    Mohebali M;Hamzavi Y;Edrissian Gh;Forouzani A

Frequent Co-Authors

Yavar Rassi
Yavar Rassi Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eshrat Beigom Kia
Eshrat Beigom Kia Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Hassan Vatandoost
Hassan Vatandoost Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi
Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Amir Hossein Mahvi
Amir Hossein Mahvi Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Majid Fasihi Harandi
Majid Fasihi Harandi Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Sima Rafati
Sima Rafati Pasteur Institute of Iran
Ramin Miri
Ramin Miri Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Eduardo Dei-Cas
Eduardo Dei-Cas Institut Pasteur
Nicolas Fasel
Nicolas Fasel University of Lausanne

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