Background: Dicrocoeliasis is caused by digenean trematode of Dicrocoelium dendriticum, small liver fluke, a hepatic parasitic disease in ruminants and human, throughout the world. D. dendriticum infection has been considered to be correlated with the economic and veterinary aspects. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence and intensity of infection with D. dend...

1School of Traditional Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of anatomy, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Department of physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, T...

We examined the causes and mortality of poisoning in the province of Mazandaran. In all, 1751 poisoning cases referred to four main hospitals over a three-year period (1997-2000) were included. More poisoning cases were females (55.5%) than males (45.5%) but the proportional mortality for males was greater than for females (65% versus 35%). The greatest proportion of poisonings occurred between...

We report of an Iranian family with history of a rare haemoglobin variant, Haemoglobin J associated with alpha thalassemia, discovered while performing premarital thalassemia screening. In the present study we report the first case of haemoglobin J-Toronto [alpha 5 (A3) Ala > Asp] on -globin gene, found in a 16-year-old female from Mazandaran Province, North of Iran. Further investigation chara...

To isolate keratinophilic fungi in sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants in Sari city, Mazandaran province, Islamic Republic of Iran, samples were taken from 7 plants with different sewage treatment technologies. From 35 sludge samples cultured on Sabouraud's agar with cycloheximide and chloramphenicol, 326 fungal colonies belonging to 7 species were isolated. Geotrichum (59.5%), Clado...

background: in iran, maize is cultivated in wide areas including northern provinces. it is one of the most important crops for poultry and livestock feeding, which is susceptible to aflatoxins (afs) contamination. so, pre-harvest maize samples from mazandaran province, north of iran were analyzed for afs contamination. objective:   methods: thirty-five pre-harvest maize samples were analyzed us...

background: genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome p450 in humans are the main cause of differences in the metabolism. the allele and genotype frequencies of cyp2c19 and cyp2c9 have been studied in some iranian populations. the aim of present study was to examine the frequencies of cyp2c18m1, and cyp2c18m2, alleles in the mazandarani ethnic group among iranian population. materials and methods: in...