BACKGROUND There is a little data on Coxiella burnetii (Q fever agent) in Iran. Ticks may play a significant role in the transmission of C. burnetii among animals. The aim of this study was to use polymerase chain reaction for the detection of C. burnetii in ticks collected in Southeast Iran. METHODS One hundred and sixty ticks were collected from domestic animals in three localities of Kerma...

The Persian Gulf is known as the westernmost distribution limit for sea snakes, except for Hydrophis platurus (Linnaeus, 1766) that reaches southeastern Africa. Previous identification guides for sea snakes of the Persian Gulf and its adjacent waters in the Gulf of Oman were based on old data and confined mostly to written descriptions. Therefore, a series of field surveys were carried out in 2...

Kazem Mousavizadeh1, Mohammad Askari2, Hajar Arian3, Fazel Gourjipour4, Amin R. Nikpour5, Maryam Tavafjadid1, Omid Aryani3, Behnam Kamalidehghan6, Hamid R. Maroof3, Massoud Houshmand3,7 1Department of Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Tehran, Iran, 2Department of Biotechnology, College of Allied Medicine, Tehran, Iran, 3Department of Medical Genetic, Special Medical Cen...

1- Department of Bacteriology and Virology, Faculty Medicine, Shiraz University Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2- Biochemistry, Kerman Kerman, 3- 4- , [email protected]

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiological aspects of malignant tumors of head and neck in southeast of Iran, with a view toward analyzing the age, gender and site distribution and histological types. METHODS All cases with malignant tumor of the head and neck region from 1999 to 2009 were retrieved from the records of cancer registry center of Kerman University o...

Background and Objectives: Kerman Province, especially city of Bam in the southeast part of Iran, is epidemics for dry type cutaneous leishmaniasis (DTCL). This study was conducted to compare the effect of different treatments on parasite DNA load following therapies using Real-Time PCR method. Materials and Methods: Fifteen patients were divided into three groups under therapy with intralesion...

This paper reports on two species of mites of the genus Cosmolaelaps Berlese, 1903 in Iran--C. dorfakiensis sp. nov., and C. pinnatus sp. nov., extracted from soil and leaf litter samples in Guilan Province, Northern Iran. A key to the species of Cosmolaelaps occurring in the Iran is also provided.

M. MOSHFEGH, H. FOROOTANFAR, B. ZARE, A.R. SHAHVERDI, G. ZARRINI, M.A. FARAMARZI 0F Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 14155-6451, Tehran, 14174, Iran Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutics Research Center, Herbal and Traditional Medicine Resear...

1 Pediatrics Department, Child Growth and Development Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81676-3695, Iran 2 Environmental Engineering Department, Environment Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran 3 Research Center for Health Services Management, Institute of Future Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Ir...