background : the aims of this study were to determine the seroprevalence of canine ehrlichiosis and risk factors of this disease in companion dogs’ population of mashhad, north east of iran. canine monocytic ehrlichiosis (cme) is a zoonotic disease transmitted by ticks, rhipicephalus sanguineus, and caused by an obligate intracellular bacterium, ehrlichia canis. methods : during september 2009 ...

background: although pentavalent antimony compounds are used as antileish-manial drugs but they are associated with limitations and several adverse complica-tions. therefore, always effort to find a new and effective treatment is desired. in this study, the effect of zno nanoparticles with mean particle size of 20 nanome-ters (nm) on leishmania major promastigotes and amastigotes was evaluated....

malathion (s-(1, 2-dicarboethoxyethyl) o, o-dimethyl phosphorodithioate) is one of the organophosphate pesticides comprehensively used in agriculture fields throughout the world. in spite of widely used, little information are available about dna damage in aquatic organisms. therefore, the present study carried out to investigation of dna damage induced by malathion in cyprinus carpio (pisces: ...

background herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 (hsv-1 and hsv-2) are common infectious agents worldwide. data on prevalence of hsv-1 and hsv-2 infections are limited in asia, especially in iran. our study aimed on determination of seroepidemiology of hsv-1 and hsv-2 infections in asymptomatic healthy students of islamic azad university of kazeroun, fars province, southwest of iran. patients ...

crude oil is enriched in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs). many pah analogs have proved to potentially damage dna. dna damage can be assessed using various biomarkers to find out the degree of genotoxicity of pollutants following in vitro exposure. in this research the comet assay and micronucleus (mn) test were used to detect dna damages and cytogenetic changes following crude oil expos...

conclusions b. oleracea demonstrated similar anti-inflammatory properties to omeprazole in rats with gerd. however, omeprazole also demonstrated genotoxic and cytotoxic effects in rats without gerd. results rats with gerd developed esophagitis and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. b. oleracea and omeprazole-treated gerd rats presented significantly decreased inflammation in relation to non-tr...

phenolic and flavonoid compounds are secondary metabolites of plants which possess various activities such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-diabetes and anticancer effects. it has been established that these compounds can scavenge free radicals produced in the body. because of this ability, not only the plants containing phenolic and flavonoid compounds but also, the pure compounds are use...

results: of the 50 samples tested by the elisa method, 26 samples (52%) were positive for igg . no samples were positive for igm. of the 50 samples tested by the chemiluminescence method, 28 samples (56%) were positive for igg. no samples were positive for igm. conclusions: a significant relationship between the age of the youngest child and the infection rate was seen. no significant correlati...

feline infectious peritonitis virus (fipv) is ubiquitous in domestic cats, especially in young cats and multi-cat environments. in the present study, a total of 248 companion cats of different ages were examined for serum antibody detection of fipv by immunochromatography assay. the cats were selected from those referring to veterinary hospital of ahvaz university, southwestern iran from decemb...