background herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 (hsv-1 and hsv-2) are common infectious agents worldwide. data on prevalence of hsv-1 and hsv-2 infections are limited in asia, especially in iran. our study aimed on determination of seroepidemiology of hsv-1 and hsv-2 infections in asymptomatic healthy students of islamic azad university of kazeroun, fars province, southwest of iran. patients ...

results: of the 50 samples tested by the elisa method, 26 samples (52%) were positive for igg . no samples were positive for igm. of the 50 samples tested by the chemiluminescence method, 28 samples (56%) were positive for igg. no samples were positive for igm. conclusions: a significant relationship between the age of the youngest child and the infection rate was seen. no significant correlati...

in this study, modified starch was used as a fat replacer in the milk. the fat replacer was manufactured from modified starch such as pre-gelatinized and cross–linked starches. modified starches were manufactured by hydrochloric acid and citric acid treatments from potato and wheat and were added to skim milk at concentrations of 0.15%, 0.30% and 0.45%. viscosity, total solid, fat content, titr...

conclusions our results suggest that human exposure to mcpyv occurs throughout life. the mcpyv antibody levels remained high among older adults in our population, consistent with reports from other populations. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, we collected 440 serum samples from healthy individuals 2 to 78 years of age who visited the pasteur institute’s clinic in tehran, ira...

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kennedy disease is a rare x-linked neurodegenerative disorder that affects patients in 30-50 years of age. it is caused by cag-repeat in androgen receptor gen. there is no known effective treatment for kennedy disease. we report a 60-year-old man who had fasciculations and proximal and distal muscle weakness. physical examination showed involvement of the bulbar musculature accompanied by tongu...

background: retroviruses of human t-lymphotropic viruses (htlv-1 and htlv-2) have been demonstrated to be endemic in the north-eastern region of iran. this study aims to determine htlv-1 and htlv-2 prevalence among healthy individuals in neyshabur city during 2010-2014. methods: a total of 8054 blood samples were collected from healthy participants in neyshabur, north-eastern iran. the blood sa...

x-linked agammaglobulinemia (xla) is an immunodeficiency caused by mutations in the bruton tyrosine kinase (btk) gene. in order to identify the mutations in btk gene in iranian patients with antibody deficiency, 13 male patients with an xla phenotype from 11 unrelated families were enrolled as the subjects of investigation for btk mutation analysis using pcr-sscp followed by sequencing. five di...

results 34 (34%) of the renal transplant recipients and 26 (26%) of the control group were positive for anti-toxoplasma igg. in addition 18 (18%) of the renal transplant recipients and 4 (4%) of the control group were positive for anti-toxoplasma igm. for both values of the antibodies, differences were statistically significant (p < 0.025 and p < 0.001 respectively). the pcr results indicated t...

conclusions the present study supported the contamination with t. gondii as a risk factor for schizophrenia just in women. results the analyses confirmed the significant differences between healthy women and ones with schizophrenia (p = 0.001) as well as between males and females with schizophrenia (p = 0.009) in igg positivity. materials and methods t. gondii igg antibodies of 100 patients wit...