avian leukosis viruses (alvs) cause different types of tumours in poultry and can affect the health and egg production of the birds. to investigate the presence of the virus in chicken layer flocks in shiraz, 222 egg albumen from local layer breeder (25 eggs), local layer grand parent (30 eggs), broiler breeder (60 eggs), commercial layer (46 eggs) and broiler grand parent (61 eggs) were tested...

BACKGROUND Fascioliasis, caused by Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica, is one of the most important plant and water borne disease in Iran. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of fascioliasis and intestinal helminthes in inhabitants of rural areas of Boyer-Ahmad in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in Southwest of Iran. METHODS Stool samples (1025) were collected from inhabitant of ...

BACKGROUND On the continuation of sorting the puzzle of the situation of hydatid disease in Iran and considering that so far no survey was conducted in this context in Arak City, Markazi Province central Iran, the present study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of human hydatidosis using AgB-ELISA test. METHODS Totally 578 serum samples randomly were collected from patients referr...

background: fascioliasis is a zoonotic disease of livestock and human caused by fasciola species. here in, the results of serological evaluation of fascioliasis in peo­ple referring to the school of public health, tehran university of medical sci­ences during 2008-2014 are presented. methods: demographic characterizations, symptoms and eosinophil rate were registered for every patient. using so...

BACKGROUND We aimed to develop a PCR-RFLP assay based on available sequences of putative vertebrate hosts to identify blood meals ingested by field female sand fly in the northwest of Iran. In addition, the utility of PCR-RFLP was compared with ELISA as a standard method. METHODS This experimental study was performed in the Insect Molecular Biology Laboratory of School of Public Health, Tehra...

toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic and usually asymptomatic infection. this study was carried out to investigate the seroepidemiology of toxoplasma infection in women referred to arak marriage consulting center during 2012-2013.in this cross-sectional study, serum samples were collected from 400 women referred to marriage consulting center in arak city, markazi province, central iran during 2012-2013....

background: the aim of this study was to conduct a sero-epidemiological survey in isfahan city and suburb areas, central iran to detect the rate of human hydatidosis using elisa test. methods: overall, 635 serum samples were collected from subjects referred to different health centers in urban and rural regions of the city. sera were analyzed using ag-b elisa test. ten μg/ml antigens, serum dil...