Despite the fact that national parks and other protected areas are mostly adopting the sustainable development process, it was found that sustainability has yet to be perceived pragmatically in these areas. Due to its process, this paper presents a monitoring framework approach to develop and implement indicators for sustainable tourism. To illustrate the application of the framework, a set of ...

to determine the effective bio-control agents of water fern, azolla filiculoides, adults and nymphs of water lily aphid, rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (l.), were collected on a. filiculoides in guilan province, iran, during october 2013. this aphid has been collected extensively from almost all water fern samples during 2013 and 2014. although r. nymphaeae was reported from numerous host plants in ir...

three species of the genus xylaria (xylariaceae) are presented based on collections from guilan province, iran. both morphological and molecular characteristics were used in order to identify these species. xylaria longissima sp. nov. is described and illustrated as a new xylaria species and x. cf. striata and x. xylarioides are reported as new records from iranian mycobiota. xylaria longissima...

The most underdiagnosed water-borne bacterial zoonosis in the world is Leptospirosis which especially impacts tropical and humid regions. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the number of human cases is not known precisely. Available reports showed that worldwide incidences vary from 0.1-1 per 100 000 per year in temperate climates to 10-100 per 100 000 in the humid tropics. Pathogeni...

BACKGROUND Brucellosis is a major public health problem in developing countries and has remained endemic in Iran. The aim of this study was to investigate the Seroprevalence of Brucellosis among high risk individuals in Guilan, Iran. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, 478 blood samples from people living in rural areas (n = 292) and 186 slaughterhouse workers were screened by slide agglutina...

Background and Purpose The epidemiological features of dermatophytoses have been characterized in many geographical locations of Iran, but not in Guilan, North of Iran. This study was carried out to determine the distribution pattern of dermatophytoses and their relevant agents in Guilan, North of Iran, over a period of one year, from April 2010 to April 2011. Materials and Methods The clinic...