aDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine

bDepartment of Immunology

cImmunology Research Center

dPostgraduate student of pediatric dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz

eDepartment of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Correspondence to Parviz Hassanpour, Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98 9144569209; e-mail: [email protected]

Received 9 November, 2021

Revised 19 September, 2022

Accepted 4 November, 2022