BACKGROUND Pakistan is considered as an endemic country for Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic fever with numerous outbreaks and sporadic cases reported during the past two decades. Majority of cases are reported from Baluchistan province with subsequent transmissions to non-endemic regions mainly through infected animals directly or via infested ticks. We hereby describe the molecular investigations of...

Overgrazing and mining affect vegetation, particularly in mountains. At times, it goes to such an extent that the plant species become vulnerable and slowly extinct from its habitat. Such endemic species need to be protected. One such endemic species Hedysarum chaiyrakanicum Kurbatsky, a vulnerable steppe vegetation of Tuva Republic, Russia was evaluated for its genetic diversity and taxonomic ...

tobacco (nicotiana tabaccum) is one of the valuable agricultural and industrial crops that there is little information about its variation. for studying genetic variation on the basis of morphological characteristics, a number of 100 exotic and endemic oriental tobacco genotypes were obtained from the germplasm collection of the urmia tobacco research center, urmia, iran, using simple lattice d...

the iodine content of the drinking water and its association with endemic goiter was investigated in the areas of mobarakeh, and najafabad, which are located in the province of isfahan. the school children between 6 and 18 years of age were examined to determine the prevalence of enlargement of the thyroid gland. thirty percent of the total.24.576 children in that age group were clinically exam...

background and purpose: floating on water provides the opportunity for the elderly to exercise and take positions that may not be possible for them on the ground. the aim of this study was to explore the experiences of elderly women regarding barriers to hydrotherapy and how they can be ruled out. methods: this qualitative study was performed using content analysis method in guilan, north of ir...

background and purpose: cutaneous leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in different parts of iran. the aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in zarrin dasht, fars, iran, during 2013-2015. methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was performed on 266 patients selected through census sampling method. data such as gender, age, occupation, disease s...

Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by Brucella spp. In China, brucellosis is recognized as a reemerging disease mainly caused by Brucella melitensis specie. To better understand the currently endemic B. melitensis strains in China, three Brucella genotyping methods were applied to 110 B. melitensis strains obtained in past several years. By MLVA genotyping, five MLVA-8 genotypes...

BACKGROUND Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major global health burden with distinct geographic public health significance. Oman is a country with intermediate HBV carrier prevalence; however, little is known about the incidence of HBV variants in circulation. We investigated the HBV genotype distribution, the occurrence of antiviral resistance, and HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) escape muta...

Candida albicans, a constituent of normal microbial flora of human mucosal surfaces, is a major cause of candidemia in immunocompromised individuals and hospitalized patients with other debilitating diseases. Molecular fingerprinting studies have suggested nosocomial transmission of C. albicans based on the presence of clusters or endemic genotypes in some hospitals. However, intrahospital stra...

BACKGROUND Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) proctitis is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) genotype L and is endemic among men who have sex with men (MSM) in western society. Genotype L infections need to be distinguished from non-LGV (genotypes A-K) Ct infections since they require prolonged antibiotic treatment. For this purpose, an in-house developed pmpH based LGV polymerase chain reaction...