A new Anagnorisma species, Anagnorisma chamrani sp. n., is described from Binaloud Mountains of Khorasan-e-Razavi province in north-eastern Iran, and compared with its sister species, Anagnorisma eucratides (Boursin, 1960). The adults, and male and female genitalia of both species are illustrated in 11 figures. The genus Anagnorisma is recorded for the first time for the fauna of Iran.

a survey was carried out to investigate the frequency of hard tick species (acari: ixodidae) on sheep in khorasan razvi province. a total of 812 ticks were collected from the sheep of different areas of khorsan razavi province five species were identified as follow: rhipicephalus turanicus (59.23%), hyalomma.marginatum turanicum (25.73%), hyalomma excavatum (14.8%), hyalomma anatolicum (8.3...

Productivity is the main concern of hospitals as organizations providing health services. As the role of hospital committees is increasing and their productivity and performance improvement is very important, the present study was performed to identify weaknesses and strengths of committee sessions. This analytical-descriptive study was conducted cross- sectional from January to April in 2012. ...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus, with 8 known distinct genotypes, is one of the most serious health problems which results to liver injuries. The surface gene of Hepatitis B virus completely overlaps with the polymerase gene. Mutations in the RT gene result in changes in the overlapping hepatitis B surface antigen. OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to evaluate the genotypes and prevalence of mu...

The question of mobility Bronze Age societies in southern Central Asia is a lively subject for discussion and remains key aspect understanding past human life. represents region where migration had deep impact on the development cultural communities. Surrounded by great empires ancient Near East, it exhibited high ethnic genetic diversity. In this paper we present regional study isotopic analys...

A 74 yr old woman from Gonabad, southern part of Khorasan Razavi Province of Iran was admitted to a Hospital of Gonabad, because of respiratory distress, exertional dyspnea and fever. Close contact with domestic animals, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and completely resolved pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in remote past, were notable parts of her past medical history. Due...