BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is an important health concern worldwide, with critical outcomes. Hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) negative chronic hepatitis B is frequently caused by a mutation (G1896A) in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) precore (PC) reading frame, which creates a stop codon, causing premature termination of the HBe protein. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate t...

This descriptive study determined the prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among 752 high-school girls aged 14-18 years in Sistan va Baluchistan province, Islamic Republic of Iran. Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention body mass index percentiles, the prevalences of underweight, overweight and obesity were 16.2%, 8.6% and 1.5% respectively. These rates were similar t...

Eremiothrips bhattii sp.n. is described from Fars province, Iran. Three other species of this genus that have previously been recorded from other parts of Iran, E. similis Bhatti, E. taghizadehi (zur Strassen) and E. varius (Bhatti) are reported from Fars province for the first time. A key is provided for identification of the Iranian Eremiothrips species based on males.

In the past two decades, increasing consumption of synthetic drugs and its associated side effects has led World Health Organization (WHO) to study the antioxidant activity of this plant. It also conducted an ethno botanical survey of endemic medicinal plants studying its uses by the rural populations in order to prevent and treat many current diseases (1). Achillea species such as Achillea mil...

Intestinal parasites are important pathogens can cause mortality and morbidity among immunosuppressed patients and human immunodeficiency virus infection. There are few reports on the prevalence of intestinal parasites among cancer patients in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in Khuzestan pro...

Introduction: Golestan, a province located north of Persian Gulf in northeastern part of Iran is a well known area for high risk of esophageal cancer (EC) in the world. There is no information about healthcare utilization in populations residing in the area. This study was conducted to assess utilization of healthcare and its associated factors among esophageal cancer patients in this region as...

charcoal rot caused by macrophomina phaseolina is an important disease of soybean throughout the world. to understand the spatial distribution of soybean charcoal rot incidence and m. phaseolina populations in golestan province, 172 soybean fields were surveyed for population density, in two successive years, and integrated with geographic information system (gis). each year, 60 fields were als...