In archaeological studies of Southwestern Asia, during the period from late fourth millennium BC to beginning Iron Age (second half second BC), phenomena such as growth settlements in terms area and population, emergence early cities, trans-regional trade, formation government institutions, spread gray-and-black pottery, extensive changes technology, dramatic development smelting use bronze too...

Aflatoxins are secondary toxic metabolites produced by some Aspergillus spp. particularly, Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus that contaminate food and feed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the contamination of feedstuffs with Aspergillus spp. and detect genes involved in the aflatoxin biosynthesis pathway of A. flavus and A. parasiticus isolates. A total of 110 cow feed samples ...

BACKGROUND Thrombophilia is a main predisposition to thrombosis due to a procoagulant state. Several point mutations play key roles in blood-clotting disorders, which are grouped under the term thrombophilia. These thrombophilic mutations are methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR, C677T, and A1298C), factor V Leiden (G1691A), prothrombin gene mutation (factor II, G20210A), and plasminogen ...

Reza Chaman, Pooneh Zolfaghari1, Mohammad-Bagher Sohrabi2, Mahshid Gholami Taramsari3, Ahmad Khosravi4 Center for Health Related Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, 1Deputy of Public Health, 2Imam Hossein Hospital, 3School of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, 4Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shahroud University of Medical Sc...

BACKGROUND/AIM Infection with the human papillomaviruses (HPVs) is associated with the development of several cancers, including oral, esophageal, skin, lung, and cervical. However, the association of HPVs and colorectal cancers remains controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between HPV infection and paraffin-embedded colorectal tissue samples in Mashhad in the nor...

BACKGROUND Toxocariasis is the clinical terms applied to infection of human with Ascarid nematodes in the order Ascaridida, named Toxocara canis and T. cati. Because in recent years in Iran many people desire to keep pets (cats and dogs), and lacking of seroepidemiological study of toxocariasis in Mashhad, we decided to determine the seroprevalence of toxocariasis among people who own cats and ...