Methods To increase the local and regional understanding of anthrax ecology, ecological risk factors, and the genetic relationships and distribution among Georgian and Azerbaijani B. anthracis strains, a regional study of the ecology of anthrax foci was conducted in Georgia and Azerbaijan. Six regions in Georgia (that border Azerbaijan) were selected for environmental sampling based on historic...

BACKGROUND Lung cancer is a fatal malignancy with high mortality and short survival time. The aim of this study was to estimate survival rates of Iranian patients with lung cancer and its associate predictive factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study was conducted on 355 patients admitted to hospitals of West Azerbaijan in the year 2007. The patients were followed up by phone calls until the e...

A total number of 450 blood samples were collected from 45 different randomly selected cattle herds. Light microscopic examination of blood smears revealed Babesia spp. infection in 4.2%, while 8.9% of blood samples were positive using PCR. Upon multiplex-PCR (mPCR), B. bigemina and B. bovis infections were detected in 37/40 (92.5%) and 3/40 (7.5%) samples, respectively. 530 ticks of 10 Ixodid ...

1Faculty of Engineering, Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Centre Near East University, Lefkoşa, North Cyprus,Mersın 10, Turkey 2Department of Computer-Aided Control System, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Azadlik Avenue 20, Baku, Azerbaijan 3Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bogazici University, Bebek, 80815 Istanbul, Turkey 4University of Toronto, 170 College Street (R...

E. Arik, O. Çakır, S. A. Çetin and S. Sultansoy a Bogazici University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, 80815, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey b Ankara University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, 06100 Tandogan, Ankara, Turkey c Gazi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics, 06500, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey d Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Institute of...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the prevalence of Leprosy in Azerbaijan, Iran. METHODS A total of 195 new leprosy cases referred to and registered in Bababaghi Center, Azerbaijan, Northwest of Iran from 1994-2009 were studied. RESULTS Of the 195 new cases, 131 (67/2%) were males and 64 (32/8%) females. They were born in Azerbaijan with the peak age of the disease at their fourth decade. The most com...

The Iranian poultry sector has experienced many significant structural changes in recent years. Such changes may have influenced price dynamics and transmission of shocks through marketing channels especially on retail markets. This paper investigate price transmission, threshold behavior and asymmetric adjustment in poultry sector of Ardebil (AR), east Azerbaijan (EA) and west Azerbaijan (WA) ...

Biogenic amines (BA) are nitrogenous compounds that possess biological activity. The source of production is the microbial decarboxylation of amino acids. This compounds are found in various types of cheese. The aim of this work was to evaluate the BA content of some traditional cheeses in West Azerbaijan province Iran. For this purpose, 70 samples of Koopeh, 10 samples of Lighvan and 5 samples...

the stool samples from 363 diarrhoeic and non- diarrhoeic children and adults from several locations in two towns of west azerbaijan area of iran examined for cryptosporidium infection by modified ziehl- neelsen technique revealed the presence of infection in 7.66% of diarrhoeic patients and in none of the non- diarrhoeic individuals. the percentage of detection was higher among females ( 11.21...

BACKGROUND Main treatable Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchial Asthma (BA) and Allergic Rhinitis (AR) are underdiagnosed and undertreated worldwide. CORE study was aimed to assess the point prevalence of COPD, BA and AR in the adult population of major cities of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries - Azerbaijan, Kazakhsta...