brusellosis is one of the most dangerous infectious zoonotic diseases which at present affect most areas of iran directly or indirectly.the aim of the present study was evaluate the efficacy of pcr test in detection of brucellosis. suspected animal sera (n=20) to brusellosis were collected from clinics and subjected to rose bengal and wright agglutination tests and to pcr analysis. while 6 samp...

Introduction . The increase in the incidence of whooping cough children and adults different age groups justifies need for their revaccination development new, acceptable these purposes. This work is devoted to substantiating design a clinical trial describing results comparative study safety tolerability drug "GamLPV" with two-fold intranasal administration healthy adult volunteers using two m...

a total of 332 birds including 149 sparrows, 147 doves and 36 pigeons were examined for toxoplasma infection by both direct agglutination for detecting antibodies to toxoplasma and direct parasitological test to detect the cyst of toxoplasma in the brain of birds. the toxoplasma sero-positive rate (spr) in the examined birds was 10.5 percent (27 cases) with titers of 1:40 or higher and spr in e...

abstract beet soilborne virus (bsbv) is a member of the genus pomovirus, with rod shaped particles and three plus single - stranded of rna. bsbv is morphologically similar to beet necrotic yellow vein virus (bnyvv) and both are transmitted by the soilborne fungus, polymyxa betae keskin that survives in soil for many years. host range of bsbv is limited to the family of chenopodiaceae. in order ...

Brucellosis is an endemic disease in Iran that is transmitted from animal to human. The clinical manifestations of brucellosis are nonspecific and its complications involve bones and joints. Brucellosis osteomyelitis can mimic the manifestations of neoplasms; therefore, it cannot readily be diagnosed in some cases. Under such circumstances, high incidence can be a helpful factor. We reported a...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of thrombocytopenia in a group of patients suffering from the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and to investigate whether these patients may have any particular clinical or serological features. METHODS Retrospective analysis. A group of 171 APS patients seen in our department were studied for the presence of thrombocytopenia. Clinical and serological feat...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a zoonotic disease caused by leishmania species. Dogs are considered to be the main reservoir of VL. A number of methods and antigen-based assays are used for the diagnosis of leishmaniasis. However, currently available methods are mainly based on direct examination of tissues for the presence of parasites, which is highly invasive. A variety of serological tests ...

BACKGROUND During the Dutch Q fever epidemic more than 4,000 Q fever cases were notified. This provided logistical challenges for the organisation of serological follow-up, which is considered mandatory for early detection of chronic infection. The aim of this study was to investigate the proportion of acute Q fever patients that received serological follow-up, and to identify regional differen...

INTRODUCTION Coxiella burnetii is an aetiologic agent of Q fever. Ticks have been considered as a reservoir and a vector of C. burnetii. The outbreaks of Q fever were noted in different parts of Europe both in animals and humans. Q fever is zoonotic diseases characterized by sudden fever, headache, atypical pneumonia and abortions. AIM The aim of the study was to investigate the presence of C...