aDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

bDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran

cMedical Mycology and Bacteriology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences

dDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.

Correspondence to Dr Setareh Agha Kuchak Afshari, Medical Mycology and Bacteriology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran. Tel: +98 343221660; fax: +98 34322171; e-mail: [email protected]

Received 1 January, 2022

Accepted 4 May, 2022