bentolhoda zahraei applied virology research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran mohammad sadegh hashemzadeh applied virology research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran mohammad najarasl applied virology research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran samaneh zahiriyeganeh applied virology research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran mahdi tat applied virology research center, baqiyatallah university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran maliheh metanat research center for infectious diseases and tropical medicine, boo-ali hospital, zahedan university of medical sciences, zahedan, ir iran

abdolrahim nikzamir department of biochemistry, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; endocrinology and metabolism research center (emrc), tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, ir iran alireza palangi department of biochemistry, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran alireza kheirollaha department of biochemistry, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran; cellular and molecular research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran hashemi tabar cellular and molecular research center, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran alimohamad malakaskar department of biochemistry, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran hajieh shahbazian diabetes research center, faculty of medicine, ahvaz jundishapur university of medical sciences, ahvaz, ir iran

sirus jedary seifi department of microbiology, faculty of medicine, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, ir iran masoud sabouri ghannad research center for molecular medicine, department of microbiology, research center for molecular medicine, faculty of medicine, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, ir iran; research center for molecular medicine, department of microbiology, research center for molecular medicine, faculty of medicine, hamadan university of medical sciences, hamadan, p.o.box: 6517838736, ir iran. tel: +98-8138380160, fax: +98-8138380208

m.t. sadeghi koupaei phd student, department of medical genetic & immunology, national institute for genetic engineering and biotechnology, tehran, iran gh. ahangari assistant professor of immunogenetic, department of medical genetic & immunology, national institute for genetic engineering and biotechnology, tehran, iran sh. samanguiei assistant professor of rheumatology, department of rheumatology, university of shahid beheshti medical sciences, tehran, iran m. zouali professor of immunogenetic, institut national de la sante et de la recherché medicale (inserm) paris, france sh. nazari assistant professor of child hematology & oncology, department of hematology & oncology, university of shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

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