Introduction: Hamburger is a popular type of fast foods consumed all over the world. Sarcocystis spp. is a zoonotic parasitic pathogen which endangers safety of meat and meat products. The present study describes the prevalence rate of Sarcocystis spp. in hamburgers in Yazd, Iran using PCR-RFLP. Materials and methods: Raw hamburger samples (100 traditional and 90 industrial) from central re...

_Clematis hirsuta_ leaves and _Rhamnus prinoides_ roots have a long history of medicinal use in Nyeri County, Kenya. However, there is no evidence to back up their safety. The acute subacute toxicity aqueous leaf root extracts _Wistar_ rats was investigated this study. Changes body weight, feed water consumption were used as indicators the study, while changes biochemical hematological paramete...

This paper is the first aero-mycological report from Demänovská Ice Cave. Fungal spores were sampled from the internal and external air of the cave in June, 2014, using the impact method with a microbiological air sampler. Airborne fungi cultured on PDA medium were identified using a combination of classical phenotypic and molecular methods. Altogether, the presence of 18 different fungal spore...