Palynological and geochemical analyses provide valuable information about modern past climatic regimes vegetation. The impact of climate humans on vegetation in the semi-arid areas northwestern Iran has received increased interest wake warming temperatures Middle East. down-core XRF elemental abundances from a peat core Lake Neor enabled reconstruction vegetational changes 7000 years over highl...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to conduct a seroprevalence survey in Meshkin-Shahr, Ardabil Province, north western Iran to detect the rate of human fascioliasis in the city and nearby villages. Literature shows that no such study has been conducted so far. METHODS Overall, 458 serum samples were collected by randomized cluster sampling method from 153 males and 305 females referred to ...

Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a major public health problem that is endemic in tropical and sub tropical countries and is fatal in humans and dogs. In addition to symptomatic dogs, asymptomatic ones seem as source of Leishmania infantum infection. Thus surveillance and control programs of reservoir hosts are essential. This study aimed to evaluate the sero-prevalence of visceral leishmaniasi...

BACKGROUND/AIMS The role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in the etiology of cervical cancer is now well established. This investigation was designed to study the prevalence of the four most common high-risk HPVs in the archival tissues with precancerous and cancerous lesions from patients from northwestern Iran. METHODS 133 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue specimens were tested for HPV D...

Andrea Lancichinetti, M. Irmak Sirer, Jane X. Wang, Daniel Acuna, Konrad Körding, and Luís A. Nunes Amaral Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medici...