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Animal Science and Veterinary
Iran
2026

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
35
Citations
3795
World Ranking
1783
National Ranking
3

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Iran Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Iran Leader Award

Overview

Yavar Rassi is affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with particular emphasis on subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Insect Science, Epidemiology, Plant Science, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Research on Leishmaniasis Studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Trypanosoma species research and implications, Insect Pest Control Strategies, Vector-borne infectious diseases, Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies, and Viral Infections and Vectors.

Yavar Rassi has published articles in a variety of scientific journals. Notably, frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of arthropod-borne diseases (8 publications)
  • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (1 publication)
  • Journal of Medical Entomology (1 publication)
  • Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine (1 publication)
  • Journal of Vector Borne Diseases (1 publication)

Their recent research papers include:

  • Climate change and its effect on the vulnerability to zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran, 2021, published in Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
  • Monitoring of Laboratory Reared of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae), Main Vector of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis to Different Imagicides in Hyper endemic Areas, Esfahan Province, Iran, 2020, Journal of arthropod-borne diseases
  • Evaluation of Different Attractive Traps for Capturing Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an Endemic Area of Leishmaniasis, Southeast of Iran, 2020, Journal of arthropod-borne diseases
  • Diversity of Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in mountainous and plain areas of an endemic focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran, 2020, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
  • Molecular and Biochemical Detection of Insecticide Resistance in the Leishmania Vector, Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) to Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and Pyrethroids, in Central Iran, 2022, Journal of Medical Entomology

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Yavar Rassi's research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Amir Ahmad Akhavan (9 collaborations)
  • Hassan Vatandoost (6 collaborations)
  • Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi (5 collaborations)
  • Ali Reza Zahraei-Ramazani (3 collaborations)
  • Abbas Aghaei Afshar (3 collaborations)

Best Publications

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

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

  • Leishmania species: Detection and identification by nested PCR assay from skin samples of rodent reservoirs

    Amir Ahmad Akhavan;Hossein Mirhendi;Ali Khamesipour;Mohammad Hossein Alimohammadian

  • Selection of Anopheles stephensi with DDT and dieldrin and cross-resistance spectrum to pyrethroids and fipronil

    B. Davari;H. Vatandoost;M.A. Oshaghi;H. Ladonni

  • Efficacy of Maggot Therapy on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Azam Malekian;Gholamreza Esmaeeli Djavid;Kamran Akbarzadeh;Mehdi Soltandallal

  • Aerobic bacterial flora of biotic and abiotic compartments of a hyperendemic Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) focus

    Naseh Maleki-Ravasan;Naseh Maleki-Ravasan;Mohammad Ali Oshaghi;Davoud Afshar;Mohammad Hossein Arandian

  • Meriones libycus is the main reservoir of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in south Islamic Republic of Iran.

    Y Rassi;E Javadian;M Amin;S Rafizadeh

  • Evaluation of the effects of repeated hand washing, sunlight, smoke and dirt on the persistence of deltamethrin on insecticide-treated nets.

    M.H. Kayedi;M.H. Kayedi;J.D. Lines;A.A. Haghdoost;M.H. Vatandoost

  • Dynamics of Leishmania infection rates in Rhombomys opimus (Rodentia: Gerbillinae) population of an endemic focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran.

    A.A. Akhavan;M.R. Yaghoobi-Ershadi;A. Khamesipour;H. Mirhendi

  • Phlebotomus perfiliewi transcaucasicus is circulating both Leishmania donovani and L. infantum in northwest Iran.

    Mohammad Ali Oshaghi;Naseh Maleki Ravasan;Mallorie Hide;Ezat-Aldin Javadian

  • Vector Incrimination of Sand Flies in the Most Important Visceral Leishmaniasis Focus in Iran

    Mohammad A. Oshaghi;Naseh Maleki Ravasan;Ezat-Aldin Javadian;Mehdi Mohebali

  • First Detection of Leishmania infantum in Phlebotomus (Larroussius) major (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Iran

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

  • Molecular Detection of Leishmania Infection Due to Leishmania major and Leishmania turanica in the Vectors and Reservoir Host in Iran

    Yavar Rassi;Mohammad Ali Oshaghi;Sadegh Mohammadi Azani;Mohammad Reza Abaie

  • Blood Meal Identification in Field-Captured Sand flies: Comparison of PCR-RFLP and ELISA Assays.

    N Maleki-Ravasan;MA Oshaghi;E Javadian;Y Rassi

  • Epidemiology of scorpionism in Iran during 2009.

    Sina Rafizadeh;Javad Rafinejad;Yavar Rassi

  • Modeling the Distribution of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Vectors (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Iran: A Potential Transmission in Disease Prone Areas.

    Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd;Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi;Ali Akbar Haghdoost;Amir Ahmad Akhavan

  • Investigation on Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Southern Iran

    Y Rassi;E Javadian;M Jalali;MH Motazedian

  • Vectors and reservoirs of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Marvdasht district, southern Islamic Republic of Iran.

    Y Rassi;M M Gassemi;E Javadian;S Rafizadeh

  • Phlebotomus perfiliewi transcaucasicus, a Vector of Leishmania infantum in Northwestern Iran

    Y. Rassi;E. Javadian;A. Nadim;S. Rafizadeh

  • Development of species-specific PCR and PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism assays for L. infantum/L. donovani discrimination

    Mohammad A. Oshaghi;Naseh Maleki Ravasan;Mallorie Hide;Ezat-Aldin Javadian

  • Risk Mapping and Situational Analysis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in an Endemic Area of Central Iran: A GIS-Based Survey

    Fatemeh Abedi-Astaneh;Homa Hajjaran;Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi;Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd

  • Application of predictive degree day model for field development of sandfly vectors of visceral leishmaniasis in northwest of Iran.

    M. A. Oshaghi;N. M. Ravasan;E. Javadian;Y. Rassi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hassan Vatandoost
Hassan Vatandoost Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Mehdi Mohebali
Mehdi Mohebali Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi
Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Ali Akbar Haghdoost
Ali Akbar Haghdoost Kerman University of Medical Sciences
Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani
Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani Avicenna Research Institute
Shaden Kamhawi
Shaden Kamhawi National Institutes of Health
Rémi N. Charrel
Rémi N. Charrel Aix-Marseille University
Jérôme Depaquit
Jérôme Depaquit University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Hubert Ferté
Hubert Ferté University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne
Eshrat Beigom Kia
Eshrat Beigom Kia Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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