The Enterococci: With Special Reference to Their Association with Human Disease.

Fowl Spirochaetosis in Iran with special reference to control the disease by immunization with a formolized chick-embryo vaccine.

انتقال ژن‌های بیماری‌زایی و مقاومت آنتی‌بیوتیکی در گونه‌های انتروکوک از طریق کانجوگاسیون

    Background & Aim: Enterococci comprise an important and diverse group of bacteria that cause disease in human and animals. They reside in the gastrointestinal tract of human and animal, soil, water, foods, and can persist in elevated salt contents and various pH values. They can readily acquire antibiotic resistance and various other virulence factors. In this study, the prevalence of vario...

No Definite Association between Human Parvovirus B19 Infection and Behçet Disease

Background: The etiology of the Behçet disease (BD) has remained obscured. There have been studies to show the association of BD to infections like herpes simplex, hepatitis, and parvovirus B19 however, the findings are rather controversial.Materials and Methods: We selected 55 patients with the best matched symptoms of BD and measured the loads of B19 DNA in their plasma by quantitative real t...

Implication of Micronutrients in Agriculture and Health with Special Reference to Iron and Zinc

The green revolution fulfilled the food demand of crowded millions. From the time of green revolution to till date high yielding and fertilizer responsive varieties have evolved to increase the production per unit area. To improve the productivity only major nutrients are concentrated almost in all crops. Though the importance of micronutrient realized during past decades in most of the crops b...

Association of HLA-Class II and IgE Serum Levels in Pediatric Asthma

Background: Pediatric bronchial asthma is associated with considerable morbidity. The study was carried out to examine the association of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)- Class II with the disease as we found no similar study on Asian Indian population. Objective: To define the HLA-Class II antigens in Asian Indian pediatric patients with asthma. Methods: A total of 103 children with asthma and 1...