background: organ transplant recipients can experience serious diseases from infections due to emerging and reemerging parasitic infections. this study was carried out to evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasites among renal transplant re-cipients of iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted from june 2003 to august 2004 on renal transplant recipients in iran. a total of 706...

sunflower (helinathus annuus) is a susceptible host to the holoparasite hemp broomrape (orobanche ramosa) in central parts of iran, causing yield loss due to severe infestations. a field study was conducted in 2006 to evaluate the efficacy of glyphosate for controlling the parasitic weed hemp broomrape in sunflower. glyphosate was applied once or twice at five rates ranging from 0.075 to 0.450 ...

in this study parasitic infection of bobwhite and japanese quails were clarified in farms of garmsar city in province of semnan. forty quails from two breeds randomly were selected and they examined to identify all internal and external parasites .finding was shown that five percent of the quails examined harbored one or more species of helminthes. two cestodes, raillietina echinobothrida and r...

Three hundred children with hepatomegaly were selected. They were subjected to full clinical and laboratory examinations. Also serum samples were examined to detect IgG using ELISA against SEA, chromatography purified hydatid cyst antigen, commercially available Toxoplasma antigen, partially purified adult Fasciola antigen and second-stage larvae Toxocara canis antigen. IFAT was used to detect ...

Abstract: Cryptosporidiosis is one of the most important zoonotic parasitic diseases affecting a wide range host species. The disease widely distributed all over world. Cryptosporidium species can affect different avian hosts, causing severe economic losses. severity cryptosporidiosis symptoms vary from asymptomatic to enteric and/or respiratory manifestations with high mortality. Diagnosis inf...

Background: Malaria is a fatal, but preventable and curable parasitic disease that widespread in Africa. Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are one of the most effective preventive methods. The aim this study was to analyze economic social determinants women’s demand for ITN Cameroon.