Despite declining the number of malaria cases in Iran, increased prevalence of malaria is supposed to be due to migration from eastern neighboring countries of Iran, which are abundant in Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax). The circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of the P. vivax, is one of the candidate antigens for antimalaria vaccine. The diversity of P. vivax populations circulating in Iran has been inv...

A faunistic survey on the parasitic wasps of subfamily Pteromalinae Dalman, 1820 (Hym., Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) South-Eastern Iran (Kerman province) was done. In total 46 specimens representing 10 genera and 16 species are identified, among them, Dinarmus altifrons (Walker, 1862) Syntomopus incurvus Walker, 1833 recorded for first time fauna Iran. Previously from this area also reviewed lis...

twenty-seven species of odonata were collected in the present survey in the freshwaters of south-eastern iran, kerman province, in contrast to 11 species that were recorded previously from this region. in this study, 528 specimens were collected from more than 30 sites in kerman province during 2006-2008. it seems that in this region due to its special biogeographic conditions, species diversit...

YURI M. MARUSIK & ALIREZA ZAMANI 1Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS, Portovaya Str. 18, Magadan 685000, Russia. E-mail: [email protected] 2Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 3Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova 8, Vladivostok 690950, Russia 4Zoological Museum, University of Turku, FI-20014 TURKU, Finland 5School ...

In the past decades, cardiovascular diseases were the most common causes of death around the world and in Iran (1, 2). Various factors play an important role in the incidence of CVD; such as environmental, personal as well as lifestyle. We studied the geographical distribution of 19142 CVD deaths f r o m 2004 -2010 in South Khorasan. The mean age of the deceased was 59.3±28.9 years. 28.5% death...

In vivo and in vitro assessments of the response of P. falciparum to chloroquine using WHO standard kits and techniques were carried out in I ran Shahr, Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran in 1985. In the in vivo assessment, 24 malaria patients treated with chloroquine (25mg/kg over three days) were followed up for one to four weeks. The mean parasite clearance time was 4.3 days and in...

Gastric cancer (GC) is the fourth most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. A 2005 analysis of the global incidence and cancer-related mortality revealed that 934,000 new cases of GC were diagnosed and approximately 700,000 patients died from this disease in 2002 (Parkin et al., 2005). Approximately 60% of all cases occur in developing countries with ...

New archaeological evidences of the so-called "Bactrian-Margiana Archaeological Complex" (= BMAC) has invited a change in our knowledge of the cultural relations between Oxus civilization and south-eastern Iran during the III-II millennium B.C. transition period. The new archaeological projects in southern and western Turkmenistan, as well as attested at Gonur Depe, have showed a wider and more...

The European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758), is one of the world’s most widely distributed chelonian species. We investigated its mitochondrial phylogeography and demography using 1300 cyt b sequences from the entire range, with a focus on the eastern part, in particular on Turkey, where the species currently suffers massive losses. Coloration data from 41450 turtles were compar...