background: parasitic diseases are among the most important problems of many countries in the world, especially developing ones. since various parts of iran have different types of weather, jobs and people, different and separate epidemiological studies for each province will be necessary. we have scarce information on the epidemiology of intestinal parasites in tribal regions of khuzestan prov...

This is a case report concerning a 60 years old man who lived for a short period in an endemic area of Khuzestan Province (neighboring province of Persian Gulf in Iran) for approximately 20 years ago. Recently he referred to the Urology Department of Kerman University of Medical Sciences with hematuria and dysuria. In the sonography a polypoid mass on the bladder floor was observed. In the cyst...

the copper level in the serum of 1280 and liver of 200 goats raised in the mountain areas of khuzestanprovince, iran were determined. copper, molybdenum and iron content of soil and pastures as well as sulfurcontent of the pastures were seasonally estimated. mean serum copper levels of goats in behbahan,ramhormoz, eizeh and masjed-soleyman districts were 8.14 ± 0.21, 1.98 ± 0.12, 7.74 ± 0.11 an...

limited studies have been made on the cercariae from freshwater snails in iran. this study was conducted to determine the cercariae fauna of bellamya (viviparus) bengalensis and evaluation of their zoonotic importance in khuzestan province, south-west of iran. for this purpose, 1143 bellamya snails were collected from ahoudasht region in central areas of the province during 2002-2003. bellamya ...

Introduction End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a life-threatening disease with significant complication and the incidence and prevalence of this disease have signi ficantly increased in recent years and imposes a major social and economic burden for healthcare systems (1,2). As seen worldwide, it is well-established that diabetic nephropathy particularly from type 2 diabetes, and hypertensive n...

We present an overview of selected computational methods for microRNA prediction. It is especially aimed at viral miRNA detection. As the number of microRNAs increases and the range of genomes encoding miRNAs expands, it seems that these small regulators have a more important role than has been previously thought. Most microRNAs have been detected by cloning and Northern blotting, but experimen...

BACKGROUND Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the third most common infection in human. New resisted strains of uropathogens have been developed due to different factors such as widespread use of antibiothics. OBJECTIVES We conducted this study to assess the recent pattern and susceptibility of uropathogens. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive cross-sectional study was carried on 32600 amb...