ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ort) is a respiratory pathogen which has been isolated throughout the world from numerous bird species. the present study was designed to isolate and characterize the ort from domestic turkeys, quails and pigeons. for this purpose, 250 samples from each bird species (turkey, quail and pigeon) with or without respiratory signs were tested by taking of tracheal...

canine parvovirus type 2 (cpv-2) is one of the most common viruses responsible for acute hemorrhagic enteritis in dogs. a rapid and accurate diagnosis of cpv-2 infection is especially important in kennels in order to isolate infected dogs. the aim of the present study was to compare two laboratory tests i.e., polymerase change reaction (pcr) and immunochromatography assay (ica) most commonly us...

results among the 181 anti-hcv ab negative patients, 13 (7.2%) were positive for hcv core ag and 11 (6%) had detectable hcv rna with a range of 40-336543 iu/ml by pcr. the two tests had a high measurement agreement (kappa=0.82, p<0.001). of the 13 patients with positive hcv core ag test results, 3 were negative for hcv rna. considering real time pcr for hcv rna as the gold standard for hcv infe...

conclusions the quite sensitive in-house taqman real time rt-pcr assay was able to detect and quantify all four main hcv genotypes prevailing around all geographical regions of iran. results the lower limit detection of this in-house hcv real-time rt-pcr was determined as 100 rna copies/ml. inter- and intra-assay coefficient of variation (cv) of this in-house hcv real-time rt-pcr ranged from 0....

background and aims: influenza virus is the most important cause of annual morbidities and mortalities worldwide with numerous antigenic drifts and shifts. inaccessibility to effective drugs and vaccines has made world health authorities to be interested in traditional medicine in order to prevent spread of the infectious agent. garlic is one of the most famous of all plants in human history. i...

background and objective: photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae is a marine pathogenic bacterium which causes disease in marine animals and human. this bacterium mostly found in coastal shallow seawater. so, the aim of this study was isolation and characterization of photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae from edible fish of persian gulf, bandar abbas. material and methods: totally 100 fish ...

background: although catalytic properties of different genetic polymorphisms of vkorc1 and cyp2c9 products have been identified, there is limited study available regarding warfarin dose requirement in iranian patient population. this study investigates the impact of these polymorphisms on 115 patients, referred to payvand clinical and specialty laboratory for determining the appropriate dose of...

background legionellaceae contains legionella genus with over 52 species and 64 serogroups. it is one of the most important causes of respiratory disease in human. more than 30% of hospital-acquired pneumonia is caused by legionella. ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) is an infection acquired in hospital wards, particularly in intensive care unit (icu). this disease approximately affects 9% ...