The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region and flanking tRNAs were sequenced from 76 mice collected at 60 localities extending from Egypt through Turkey, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal to eastern Asia. Segments of the Y chromosome and of a processed p53 pseudogene (Psip53) were amplified from many of these mice and from others collected elsewhere in Eurasia and North Africa. Th...

Iran is one of the flood-prone areas in world with inappropriate climatic patterns. In this study, flood risk maps three scenarios by combining Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Analytical Network (ANP) and Fuzzy (FAHP) models Ordered Weighted Average (OWA), Linear Combination (WLC) models., Local (LWLC) two new models, Multi-Criteria Analysis (WMCA) Geo Technique for Order Preference Similarit...

The characterization of prospective plants is one the critical issues in efficiency and success phytoremediation process. Due to adaption tolerance different environmental stresses, native plant species have priority this method. This study examined fifty five species, namely Launaea acanthodes, Artemisia sp., Cousinia congesta, Peganum harmala, Stipa growing near a smelter refinery Iran identi...

BACKGROUND Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever was rarely reported from Iran before 1999. In a recent outbreak, the disease has been reported from different provinces of Iran, especially from Sistan and Baluchestan. Ribavirin has been recommended by World Health Organization as a potential therapeutic modality for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. This study was conducted to determine the clinical o...

Biogeographic barriers for freshwater biota can be effective at various spatial scales. At the largest spatial scale, freshwater organisms can become genetically isolated by their high mountain ranges, vast deserts, and inability to cross oceans. Isolation by distance of aquatic plants is expected to be stronger across than alongside mountain ridges whereas the heterogeneity of habitats among p...

aphid parasitoids (braconidae: aphidiinae) in several localities of kerman province, southeastern iran were studied between 2007 and 2008 and 20 species belonging to eight genera were identified. parasitoids were reared from 25 field-collected aphid species occurring on 31 host plant species. in the present study, 83 parasitoid-aphid-plant associations, their aphid hosts, and the respective hos...

TO THE EDITOR—The World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region has a total population of 513 million, nearly half of which resides in areas at risk for malaria. Among the countries with low malaria burden limited to certain areas and with effective malaria programs, Iran has experienced a gradual decline in malaria over the past decade, now approaching the ultimate goal of disea...

Introduction: Central nervous system involvement by SARS-CoV-19 appears to be very rare in neonates. We report a case of viral meningitis neonate admitted Kerman Afzalipour Hospital Southeastern Iran. Case Presentation: The patient was 15-day-old who presented with lethargy, fever, and poor feeding the day before admission. After initial evaluation experimental treatment, diagnosed SARS- CoV-19...