background: rose bengal is a common test for serologic diagnosis of brucellosis. the aim of this study was to evaluate the agreement rate between modified rose bengal, rose bengal and rapid wright tests for detection of antibody positive serum samples.  methods: c ross section study was designed. 941 serum sample of patients referred to the central medical laboratory of kermanshah, were evaluat...

Study has been carried out to monitor the phytoplankton biomass in Bay of Bengal (BoB) and Arabian Sea (AS) using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Aqua satellite data. Cloud masking, geometric corrections subsets generations were performed retrieve chlorophyll images from MODIS-Aqua data during periods January - December for years 2007 2008. The two regions (BoB & AS) h...

The 2004 Sumatra earthquake and the associated tsunamis are one of the most devastating natural disasters in the last century. Several fault plane models have been suggested to represent the rupture mechanism of the earthquake. During this tsunami event, two satellites flew over Bay of Bengal and provided measurements for sea surface elevation with accuracy better than 4.2 cm. The satellite dat...

The north Indian Ocean is distinguished by the presence of seasonally reversing currents that flow between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. These currents are located between the equator and approximately 10 N. The Summer Monsoon Current (SMC) flows eastward during the summer monsoon (May–September) and the Winter Monsoon Current (WMC) flows westward during the winter monsoon (November–Fe...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus organisms cause acute gastroenteritis in humans. These bacteria are natural inhabitants of both marine and estuarine ecosystems. In the present study, we investigated the effectiveness of a non-selective enrichment of sediment samples with sodium chloride prior to selective enrichment with alkaline peptone water for a better recovery of V. parahaemolyticus. Sediment samp...