*Corresponding author: Dr. Enayatollah Kalantar, School of Medicine, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. Telephone: 00988716131415, Fax: 00988716131415, Email:[email protected]. he report by Ghorbani et al., in their work “Alterations in antibiotic susceptibility of urinary tract infection pathogens” from Ahvaz is important and timely. Urinary tract infection (UTI) represent...

objective: the prevalence rate of suicide among rural population in karaj and savojbolagh district for a period of 5 years (1991-95) have been studied. method: the data collected through the questionnaires, filled by health workers settled in 44 health houses in savojbolagh, and 21 health houses in karaj city. the population of these two districts were nearly 76804, and 26577 individuals respec...

This study was carried out to detect the presence of aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) in 30 UHT flavored milk samples in Karaj, Alborz province, Iran. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was applied to analyze AFM1 in the samples. The results showed that aflatoxin M1 was detected in all the UHT flavored milk samples, the AFM1 concentration ranged from 0.015 to 0.14 µg/L. Also, 10 samples (33.3%) w...

This report describes the preparation of a safe and immunogenic single vaccine against capripox disease in sheep and goats using two different types of cells (primary lamb kidney and vero, a bovine turbinate cell line). This used the 0240 pox strain isolated from sheep during an outbreak. The prepared vaccine was administered subcutaneously and induced complete protection against an experimenta...

A greenhouse experiment was conducted in 2013 in Research Lab of Karaj Islamic Azad University to determine the yield and activity of chemical markers as the response to different concentrations of Cadmium (Cd) (0, 5, 10 and 20 mg of Cd/kg of soil) in wheat cultivars (Karaj 1 and Karaj 2). Treatments were tested in a factorial experiment with four replications in 7.5 kg plastic pots. The respon...