conclusions results demonstrated the relatively high prevalence of hcv infection in the patients. applying sensitive methods to screen blood units is recommended to minimize the risk of transfusion associated hepatitis. objectives the current study aimed to evaluate characteristics of hepatitis in patients with β-tm visiting imam khomeini hospital of zabol, in sistan and baluchistan province of...

BACKGROUND Passively acquired maternal antibodies in infants may inhibit active immune responses to vaccines. Whether maternal antibody against hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs) in infants may influence the long-term immunogenicity of hepatitis B vaccine remains unknown. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Totally 338 pairs of mothers and children were enrolled. All infants were routinely vac...

Let us consider two binary systems of inequalities (i) Cx ≥ e and (ii) Cx ≤ e , where C ∈ {0, 1}m×n is an m × n (0, 1)-matrix, x ∈ {0, 1}n, and e is the vector of m ones. The set of all support-minimal (respectively, supportmaximal) solutions x to (i) (respectively, to (ii)) is called the blocker (respectively, anti-blocker). A blocker B (respectively, anti-blocker A) is called exact if Cx = e ...

Mutational inactivation of p53 is a key player in the development of human cancer. Thus, retrieving the tumor suppressor activity of p53 gene is considered a novel strategy in cancer therapy. Current study aimed to investigate the anti-cancer potentials of botulinum toxin type-A (BTX-A) and captopril as a trial to shed light on effective anti-cancer therapy with lower side effects. Cytotoxic ef...

Bachground: The aim of this study was to determine of diagnostic value of albumin, anti-thrombin Ш, and fibrinogen factors in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism compared to lung perfusion scan in patients with nephrotic syndrome referred to Hazrat Ali Asghar hospital of Tehran city (Iran) in 2018-2019.  Methods: This study was cross sectional study that was carried out on 30 patients with nep...

    Abstract   Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common autoimmune disease of central nervous system with destruction of myelin sheath mediated by auto reactive CD4+ T Lymphocytes. Because of the possible role of Epstein-Barr virus in etiology of MS and T cells immune response, the aim of this study was to evaluate anti-Epstein Barr virus antibodies as a marker of reactivity and p...