Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, and schistosomiasis and other trematodiases often have a high prevalence in developing countries. Here, we present updated information on the prevalence of these parasites in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) in 2012, arising from the annual national helminthiasis survey. Fecal specimens were collected from 8,610 inhabitants of 12 provinc...

1 Assistant professor, Oro-maxillofacial developmental diseases research center, Department of oral medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Dental school, Rasht, Iran 2 Associate professor, Dental Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Dental School, Mashhad, Iran 3 Assistant professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Mashhad University of Medical Scie...

This paper reports on two species of mites of the genus Cosmolaelaps Berlese, 1903 in Iran--C. dorfakiensis sp. nov., and C. pinnatus sp. nov., extracted from soil and leaf litter samples in Guilan Province, Northern Iran. A key to the species of Cosmolaelaps occurring in the Iran is also provided.

BACKGROUND Head injury (HI) is preventable and knowledge of the epidemiology of children's HI is essential for developing preventive strategies. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to survey pediatric HI patients admitted to emergency wards at Poursina Hospital in Rasht, Iran, from 2009 to 2010, and to identify the cause of HI in these children. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this retrospective s...

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The objective of this study was to estimate variance components and genetic parameters for growth curve parameters in Guilan sheep. Studied traits were parameters of Brody growth model which included A (asymptotic mature weight), B (initial animal weight) and K (maturation rate). The data set and pedigree information used in this study were obtained from the Agricultural Organization of Guilan ...

Correction to: Dominic Hyde (ed.), Noneist Explorations I: The Sylvan Jungle — Volume 2, Synthese Library 415, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26309-6 We regret that the editor’s name ‘Dominic Hyde’ was mistakenly appeared as a co-author in all chapters on Springerlink and third-party websites. book have been updated with changes.

conclusion upon these results, immigration and family deprivation are potent risk factors for occurrence of infection results among 274 patients with hiv infection/aids (224 male and 50 female) in sistan and baluchestan province in southeast of iran, 65 cases (41 male, 24 female) were from saravan (a city in sistan and baluchestan). out of 41 men with hiv/aids in saravan, 21 cases had a history...

Plague has been established in the western United States (US) since 1900 following the West Coast introduction of commensal rodents infected with Yersinia pestis via early industrial shipping. Over the last century, plague ecology has transitioned through cycles of widespread human transmission, urban domestic transmission among commensal rodents, and ultimately settled into the predominantly s...