BACKGROUND Infection with Trichostrongylus spp. is common among human and herbivorous in most parts of Iran, especially in southern and northern areas. The aim of present study was to identify Trichostrongylus spp. among human population using excreted egg specimens, by the molecular method, in Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. METHODS Overall, 33 positive fecal specimens were randomly samp...

Zohreh Shahhosseini, Zeinab Hamzeh Gardeshi, Maryam Hajizadeh Valukolaee, Fereshteh Yazdani Khermandichali. Department of Reproductive Health and Midwifery, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Nasibeh Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Sari, Iran; Master Student of Midwifery counseling, Research student Committee, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Nasibeh Nursing and Midwifery Facult...

Distribution, biodiversity and biotechnology of Sambucus ebulus L. are not investigated yet (Caprifoliaceae family).There are 20-25 species of the genus of Sambucus L. are known in the world but in Iran, it is etermined only one species, Sambucus ebulus, that distributed in three Northern Provinces next to Caspian Sea (Golestan, Mazandaran and Gillan province). In this short paper, Distribution...

K. Fathi1∗, S.F. Bagheri2, M. Alizadeh3 ∗, M. Alizadeh4 Department of Statistics, North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 1 Department of Statistics, College of Basic Sciences, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran2 Branch of Mazandaran, Statistical Center of Iran3 Department of Mathematical since, University of Mazandaran, Mazandara...

Copyright © 2014, Kowsar Corp.; Published by Kowsar Corp. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. During my much needed vacation in northern Iran, at the first leg of the journey, we stayed at a hotel complex ...

To isolate keratinophilic fungi in sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants in Sari city, Mazandaran province, Islamic Republic of Iran, samples were taken from 7 plants with different sewage treatment technologies. From 35 sludge samples cultured on Sabouraud's agar with cycloheximide and chloramphenicol, 326 fungal colonies belonging to 7 species were isolated. Geotrichum (59.5%), Clado...

Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, IR Iran Department of Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran Department of Basic Sciences and Nutrition, Health Sciences Research Center, School of Public Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Science...

This study investigated knowledge of and practices towards universal precautions among 540 health care workers and medical students in 2 university hospitals in Mazandaran Province, Islamic Republic of Iran. Only 65.8% and 90.0% staff in the 2 hospitals and 53.5% of medical students had heard about universal precautions. Overall, there was a low understanding of precautions, except concerning d...

Parasitic gastrointestinal infections are one of the most important health problems in the developing countries, which lead to the onset of intestinal disease particularly diarrhoea. Due to the particular geographic situation in the Mazandaran province, individuals are infected with various intestinal parasites. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence rate of enteropathogenic para...