Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) is considered one of the most infectious diseases in world. In this study, we intended to examine epidemiology tuberculosis by MIRU-VNTR define changes that occur transmission region during COVID-19 era. A total 120 Mycobacterium isolates were collected from sputum samples patients referred East Azerbaijan Center TB December 2020 August 2021. Demographic in...

INTRODUCTION ABO blood group system is the most important blood group in transfusion and has been widely used in population studies. Several molecular techniques for ABO allele's detection are widely used for distinguishing various alleles of glycosyl transferase locus on chromosome 9. METHODS 744 randomly selected samples from Azari donors of East Azerbaijan province (Iran) were examined usi...

CONTEXT Official data on sex ratios at birth suggest a rise in sex-selective abortions in some post-Soviet states following the introduction of ultrasonography. However, questions remain about the validity of official data in these nations as well as whether the high sex ratios at birth are a statistical artifact. METHODS Trends in sex ratios at birth from 1985 to 2009 for 12 post-Soviet stat...

The article estimates the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) by type and severity in population-based samples from three countries of the former Soviet Union (fSU). The article utilized nationally representative data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in Azerbaijan (2006), Moldova (2005), and Ukraine (2007). Respondents were select...

a Department of Nuclear Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Faculty of Medicine, Rize, Turkey b Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University School of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey c Department of Nuclear Medicine, Azerbaijan National Institute of Oncology, Baku, Azerbaijan d Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey e Department of Nuclea...

Methods To increase the local and regional understanding of anthrax ecology, ecological risk factors, and the genetic relationships and distribution among Georgian and Azerbaijani B. anthracis strains, a regional study of the ecology of anthrax foci was conducted in Georgia and Azerbaijan. Six regions in Georgia (that border Azerbaijan) were selected for environmental sampling based on historic...

1Faculty of Engineering, Applied Artificial Intelligence Research Centre Near East University, Lefkoşa, North Cyprus,Mersın 10, Turkey 2Department of Computer-Aided Control System, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Azadlik Avenue 20, Baku, Azerbaijan 3Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bogazici University, Bebek, 80815 Istanbul, Turkey 4University of Toronto, 170 College Street (R...

E. Arik, O. Çakır, S. A. Çetin and S. Sultansoy a Bogazici University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, 80815, Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey b Ankara University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, 06100 Tandogan, Ankara, Turkey c Gazi University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Physics, 06500, Teknikokullar, Ankara, Turkey d Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, Institute of...