Western Iran is an important dust source region in Middle East, with strong activities occurring springtime. Based on a three-hourly meteorological station data, remarkable decadal change of frequency the spring season has been found west and southwest Iran, less during 1992–2005 (hereafter as “P1”) more frequent 2006–2015 “P2”). The signal closely associated corresponding difference precipitat...

BACKGROUND Fasciolosis is an important health and veterinary problem in Iran. The epidemiological pattern of disease has been changed markedly in recent years and there are regions that have potent capacity to be new focus of the disease. One of these areas is Yasuj district in southwest of Iran where animal fasciolosis has been quite common. The current study was conducted to determine the ser...

BACKGROUND The androgen receptor (AR) gene contains a polymorphic trinucleotide repeat that encodes a polyglutamine tract in its N-terminal transactivation domain (N- TAD). We aimed to find a correlation between the length of this polymorphic tract and azoospermia or oligozoospermia in infertile men living in Khuzestan, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this case-control study during two years t...