background: the autoimmune disease known as idiopathic (immune thrombocytopenic purpura thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is clinically defined by a low numbers of platelets in the circulation blood. this study aimed to isolate autoantibodies made against the platelet glycoproteins using platelets from healthy volunteers, to determine their specificity and further elucidate their effects on platel...

Epidemiological situation of infantile visceral leishmaniasis (IVL), which is a public health problem in Algeria, is almost unknown in the cities of Western part of the country. The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiological, clinical, biological, therapeutic, and evolutionary aspects of IVL in Western Algeria, to evaluate the performance of the immunochromatography as a rapid diagnos...

BACKGROUND Root bark of mulberry (Morus alba L.) has been used in herbal medicine as anti-phlogistic, liver protective, kidney protective, hypotensive, diuretic, anti-cough and analgesic agent. However, the anti-cancer activity and the potential anti-cancer mechanisms of mulberry root bark have not been elucidated. We performed in vitro study to investigate whether mulberry root bark extract (M...

background: rotaviruses cause diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. rotavirus outer capsid protein, vp7 is major neutralizing antigen that is important component of subunit vaccine to prevent rotavirus infection. many efforts have been done to produce recombinant vp7 that maintain native characteristics. we used baculovirus expression system to produce rotavirus vp7 protein and to s...

BACKGROUND Married couples constitute a target group for reducing the risk of infections with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV). OBJECTIVES This study attempted to assess HBV seromarkers, anti-HCV-positive rates, and risk behaviors among married couples in a bordered province of western Thailand. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study of 114 married couples aged 15-...

background & aim:dorema   ammoniacum d. don. (ammoniac plant) belongs to   apiaceae family and dorema genus. it is one of the most important   endemic medicinal plants in its family which grows in the arid and semi-arid   areas in the regions of iran and some of the asian countries such as   turkmenistan, afghanistan, pakistan and india. this study was carried out   with aim of the extraction a...