Sir The prevalence and incidence rate of patients treated for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing haemodialysis is increasing in Iran, from 98 and 38.2 pmp to 169 and 66 pmp in 2004, respectively [1, 2]. Although many studies on the survival of patients with ESRD have been done in developed countries, lack of data from developing countries still exists. This epidemiologic retrospective st...

background: cucumber mosaic virus (cmv) from the bromoviridae family, is one of the most widespread plant viruses in the world. objectives: in the present study tomato fields in guilan, isfahan, khorasan razavi, khuzestan and tehran provinces were surveyed to determine the presence of cmv subgroups during 2011-2012. materials and methods: out of 305 symptomatic leaf samples tested by enzyme-lin...

conclusions this study showed that drivers, passengers and pedestrians were the most vulnerable road users. regarding the fact that most of them were illiterate or had primary education and were self-employed or laborers, it seems essential to develop plans not only to train the road users but also to evaluate the safety of vehicles and roads and post-accident care programs, and consequently, i...

to identify the fungi associated with foot and root rot of wheat in the khuzestan province, diseased samples were collected at all growth stages in three growing seasons of 2004-2007. pieces of infected parts of the root and foot were surface sterilized and cultured on acidic and non acidic pda media. one hundred and fifteen isolates were obtained and on the basis of macroscopic and microscopic...

lactoferrin is a glycoprotein with molecular weight 80 kda iron-binding bond, which is composed of 690 amino acids. in most mammalian body fluids such as sweat, semen, tears, and saliva and milk neutrophil granules there. bovine lactoferrin gene be associated with susceptibility/resistance to mastitis and even with some economically important production traits. this study was carried out to det...