Background & Objective:  Ovarian cancer is one of the most common cancers amongst women. The association of Human papillomavirus (HPV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) with ovarian cancer is inconclusive; therefore, the aims of this study were to evaluate the frequency of HPV and EBV in malignant, ...

this research was performed in order to study and diagnose potato virus y,potyvirus (pvy), potato virus x,potexvirus (pvx), potato virus s,carlavirus (pvs), potato virus a,potyvirus(pva) and potato leafroll luteovirus (plrv) on tubers and leaves of different potato varieties, namely, solea, safran, floris, proventa, milva, universa, lady olympia, vangogh, and marabel grown in afyon region of tu...

Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite that infects epithelial cells of the intestine in a wide variety of vertebrates. During the last decade, cryptosporidiosis has emerged as a cause of diarrhea in man. Most of the' patients have AIDS, and have had contact with infected animals. In this study ' 510 samples were collected from sheep and examined for detection of this parasite. The result...

Predicting the likelihood of a clinical outcome using biomarkers during the course of a cancer immunotherapy can be a powerful tool for time-sensitive decision making on personalized treatment options. In a clinical trial with the survivin-targeting vaccine DPX-Survivac, we showed using established methods (ELISpot/tetramer/flow cytometry) that a high-dose of DPX-Survivac vaccine in combination...

abstract potato virus s is a member of the genus carlavirus in the family of flexiviridae, with curved filamentous particles 650×12 nm and positive single stranded rna genome. this virus is one of the most common viruses that infected all of potato varieties in the world. susceptible host species belong mainly to the families solanaceae, chenopodiaceae and amaranthaceae. potato virus s transmit...

to investigate the prevalence of cryptosporidium infection in horses, a total of 221 faecal specimenswere collected from 18 villages of urmia, northwestern iran. the samples were studied microscopically bymodified ziehl-neelsen staining. the cryptosporidial infection was found in the collected samples from 11 of18 villages. although the prevalence of the infection was 15.8%, none of the infecte...

conclusions concurrent pulmonary nocardiosis and tuberculosis is frequent in hiv-infected patients. rapid and sensitive methods such as pcr are recommended for detection of such co-infections. results from 157 sputum specimens, positive samples by acid fast staining, culture and pcr for m. tuberculosis were reported for 7.6% (12/157), 10.1% (16/157) and 7% (11/157) of samples, respectively. no ...

To investigate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in horses, a total of 221 faecal specimenswere collected from 18 villages of Urmia, northwestern Iran. The samples were studied microscopically bymodified Ziehl-Neelsen staining. The cryptosporidial infection was found in the collected samples from 11 of18 villages. Although the prevalence of the infection was 15.8%, none of the infecte...