OBJECTIVES Tularemia is a zoonotic disease transmitted by direct contact with infected animals and through arthropod bites, inhalation of contaminated aerosols, ingestion of contaminated meat or water, and skin contact with any infected material. It is widespread throughout the northern hemisphere, including Iran and its neighbors to the north, northeast, and northwest. METHODS In this paper,...

1. Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran 2. Dept. of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 3. Dept. of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4. Dept. of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Me...

1Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, I.R. Iran 2Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran 3Cellular & Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, I.R. Iran 4Genomic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, ...

1 Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, P.O.Box 5746, Tehran 19395, Iran. 2 Department of Physics, Alzahra University, Tehran 19834, Iran 3 Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, P.O.Box 9161, Tehran 11365, Iran. 4 Department of Physics, Tehran University, North-Kargar Ave. Tehran, Iran. 5 Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, P.O.Box 159, Ga...

The Geoffroy’s bat, Myotis emarginatus, is the only species distributed in Palaearctic belonging to African clade of genus Myotis. It occurs extensively across several ecologic zones Europe, north-western Africa, and western central Asia, hence it was considered be a polytypic species. Only one subspecies reported from Europe North up four were recognised Asia. However, validity particular taxa...

In northwestern Iran, magmatic activity occurred during three main intervals: The Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene-Quaternary. first two phases of are more consistent with arc-type magmatism on an active continental margin; whereas the last phase, which has calc-alkaline alkaline affinities, shows similarity to postcollisional magmatism. Magmatic belts mostly situated in northern eastern parts O...

BACKGROUND Otomycosis is a superficial fungal infection often involves the pinna and external auditory canal. It is a pathologic condition, with Candida and Aspergillus, the most common fungal species. It is common worldwide but more prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determine the etiologic agents and local epidemiologic pattern of otomyc...