BACKGROUND The present study was carried out to detect the infection of larval stages of Trichobilharzia species in the snail Lymnaea auricularia in northwestern Iran based on DNA analysis. METHODS A total number of 320 snails of L. auricularia were sampled from four water-bodies located in the suburb of Urmia City, North West Iran, during May to November 2011. The snails were first microscop...

Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) caused by Leishmania infantum is the most severe form of leishmaniasis in Iran, which causes a high mortality rate in the case of inaccurate diagnosis and treatment. This study aimed to clone of K26 gene from Iranian strain of L. infantum and register the sequencing results in Genbank to facilitate the preparation a new K26 antigen for the detection of L. ...

In addition to numerous immune factors, C-reactive protein (CRP) and nitric oxide (NO) are believed to be molecules of malaria immunopathology. The objective of this study was to detect CRP and NO inductions by agglutination latex test and Griess microassay respectively in both control and malaria groups from endemic areas of Iran, including Southeastern (SE) (Sistan & Balouchestan, Hormozgan, ...

How bilinguals listen in noise: linguistic and non-linguistic factors∗ JENNIFER KRIZMAN Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University ANN R . BRADLOW Department of Linguistics, Northwestern University S ILV IA S IU -Y IN LAM Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University ...

lstituto Beni Culturali (Institute for Cultural Heritage) is the cultural institution of Regione Emilia Romagna. IBC web site [6] has been completely revised in cooperation with Hypermedia Open Center [S], the laboratory of the Electronics and Information Department at Politecnico di Milano. We adopted W2000 model for requirements analysis and for the analysis and organization of the applicatio...

This study investigates the palaeoecology of fossil perissodactyls (equids) from late Miocene Maragheh, northwestern Iran. We used dental micro- and mesowear techniques to draw robust inferences about equid paleoenvironment. Mesowear microwear analyses were applied upper molars three species hipparionine horses. For this purpose, we investigated samples fossiliferous localities: Rohanion, Azim,...

BACKGROUNDS AND AIMS Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV) is a defective ssRNA virus requiring the provision of hepatitis B virus (HBV) for packaging of new HDV virions. Since the epidemiological features of HDV in this part of Iran seem to be unknown, the aim of this research was to determine the seroprevalence of HDV of hepatitis B surface antigen positive (HBsAg+) in blood donors, injecting drug user...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among chronic infectious diseases. OBJECTIVE The goal of this cross-sectional study (2011-2013;2013) was to examine the patterns of TB drug resistance among HIV-negative pulmonary TB patients in regions near the Iranian border. METHOD To this end, MTB isolates were harvested from 300 HIV-negative, pulmonary smear-p...

BACKGROUND Majority of parasitic infections in rodents have zoonotic importance. This study aimed to determine the frequency and intensity of intestinal protozoa infections of rodents including Meriones persicus, Mus musculus and, Cricetulus migratorius. METHODS This survey was conducted in Meshkin Shahr district in northwestern Iran from Mar. to Dec. of 2014. Intestinal samples of 204 rodent...

BACKGROUND The stray cats are considered as the sources of emerging humans and domestic livestock pathogens and the zoonoses of public health importance. The present study was aimed to elucidate intestinal helminth infections and infestation with ectoparasites of the stray cats of Ahar City, northwestern Iran. METHODS Totally, 51 stray cats were randomly trapped from different parts of the ci...