Measuring the level of awareness for sustainable development in rural construction (Case Study: Guilan Architecture)

Due to the epidemiological alteration in distribution of Candida species as well as significant increasing trend of either intrinsic or acquired in resistance of some of these fungi, the precise identification of Candida species is necessary for effective antifungal therapy and also for prevention of nosocomial infections. PCR-RFLP method is indicated to be a reliable, rapid and simple techniqu...

Rice product after wheat has special importance as the second agriculture strategic product. Rice weevil as one of the most important stored pest has the main role in losses of stored product. So in this research, the pest effects was studied on 4 common varieties of rice in Guilan province "Taroum, Hashemi, Ali kazemi and Dylamani" in two conditions of facultative and obligatory nutrition. Res...

Investigating the Mental Health Status and Its Related Factors among Students of Guilan University Medical Sciences

BACKGROUND The geographical incidence of IBD varies considerably. This study aimed to survey the epidemiologic features of IBD in Guilan province, North of Iran, during ten years duration. METHODS In this retrospective cross-sectional study, we assessed the documents of 868 patients with IBD referred to private and governmental clinics of Guilan province between 2002 and 2012. Variables such as...

BACKGROUND This study is performed to reveal most common species and subspecies of leptospires that are main causes of human leptospirosis in Guilan, Northern Province of Iran. METHODS We performed IgM-ELISA and MAT on 282 blood samples from patients who attended to 3 hospitals in the flat area of Guilan Province with clinical symptoms consisted with leptospirosis. All specimens with titers ≥...

Leptospirosis is an ubiquitous zoonotic infection.It is spread worldwide. Currently the genus Leptospira is classified in 13 genomic species and 4 genomospecies based upon phylogenetic and phenotypic relatedness.The goal of this study was to determine the distribution of aerobic spirochetes Leptospira in surface waters and soils in Guilan province of Iran. A total of 222 fresh water samples wer...

BACKGROUND Carnivore carcasses on the roads can be regarded as study materials in parasitology and eco-epidemiology. Stray carnivores such as dogs and cats are known to harbor so many different pathogens like zoonotic helminthes. The current investigation, apparent the status of the helminthic parasites found in road killed carnivores from different parts of Guilan Province north of Iran. MET...

A new species of the genus Ectagela Schmidt (Phylinae) from Iran, Ectagela kermanensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. The type specimens are deposited in the insect collection of the Natural History Museum of University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.