conclusions our results demonstrated a novel h7n9 virus in chickens in taizhou city in 2013 that may pose a potential risk to public health. results of 150 samples tested, 7 were detected to be h7n9 positive which all were collected from chickens. also, a novel h7n9 virus strain (a/chicken/jiangsu/1021/2013) was isolated and studied. phylogenetic analysis showed the novel isolated h7n9 virus ha...

we describe a 61-year-old man who developed a mild gastrointestinal discomforts including diarrhea associated with feces containing many larvae similar to rhabditiform larvae of strongyloides stercoralis diagnosed finally as diploscapter coro­nata, a free-living nematode. this case is unusual infection in human and there are a few reports of this worm as a real pa­rasite. microscopically, diplo...

background: human bocavirus ( hbov) infection is of worldwide distribution. there is increasing evidence that hbov is pathogenic for the human gastroenteric tract. however, less data are available on the role of hbov in gastroenteritis. the present study was aimed to determine the prevalence of hbov in children with gastroenteritis.   methods : real-time pcr taqman was used to screen 200 stool ...

background: helicobacter pylori is the most common cause of chronic infection in the human stomach. the infection has universe prevalence in all age groups. probably, this bacterium is the cause of most common chronic bacterial infection in human beings and infects approximately half of the world population. h. pylori produces urease, an enzyme that degrades the urea in the stomach’s mucous to ...