BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the role of efflux pump regulator and OXA-23 genes in imipenem resistance Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from hospitalized patients in Tehran, Iran. METHODS This study was conducted on 60 A. baumannii isolates collected from patients admitted to the Shahid Motahari and Taleghani Hospitals in Tehran during 2013-14. Antibiotic susceptibility tes...

Abstract In this study, we examine the scientific feasibility of an Earthquake Early Warning System in Tehran, Iran, by integration Tehran Disaster Mitigation and Management Organization (TDMMO) accelerometric network PRobabilistic Evolutionary early warning SysTem (PRESTo). To evaluate performance TDMMO-PRESTo system providing reliable estimations earthquake parameters available lead-times for...

Background Acanthamoeba spp. is potentially pathogenic free-living amoeba that can exist in various water sources. The presence of this amoeba in water sources could be a health hazard as Acanthamoeba could lead to severe diseases such as Acanthamoeba keratitis and encephalitis. This study aimed to determine the genotypes of isolated Acanthamoeba spp. in raw wastewater samples in Tehran, Iran. ...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis C is prevalent among thalassemia patients in Iran. It is mainly transfusion mediated, in particular among patients treated before 1996 when blood screening was introduced. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to investigate why patients still seroconvert to anti-HCV in Iranian thalassemia centers. PATIENTS AND METHODS During 2006-2007 sera were sampled from 217 anti-HCV p...

conclusions these results indicated that eaec strains isolated from iranian children with diarrhea were heterogeneous and showed high resistance rates against commonly used antibiotics, which was similar to that reported in studies performed in other countries. results significant percentage of local eaec strains carried the virulence plasmid genes and formed biofilms. in addition, these strain...

Influenza A virus is always concerned as an infectious agent in birds and other mammalian such as humans. Although it is believed that barriers among various species restrict the transmission of influenza viruses, there are evidences implying that origin of all human influenza viruses is derived from avian influenza viruses. To determine the prevalence of human H1 and H3 viruses in the captive ...