high prevalence of hbv and hcv infections in prisoners suggests them as one of the main infection source in community. preventive measures can possibly decrease their rate of infection and infectivity. we evaluated prevalence of hbv and hcv infections and their relation to dangerous behavior in addict prisoners. this was a cross-sectional study included prisoners of central provinces of iran wh...

the damages due to dwarf mistletoes to the industrial forests encouraged the scientists to evaluate the infection intensity and illustrate the spatial distribution of mistletoes for forest management, wild life and biodiversity conservation. there are two current systems to evaluate infection intensity wich are easier, cheaper, more efficient and authoritative than others in all over the world,...

one hundred sixty two domestic fowls were examined for toxoplasma infection by both indirect haemagglutination tests for toxoplasma antibodies and inoculation of their brains intraperitoneally into mice for the parasite. the overall sero-positive rate (spr) was 29 percent with the titers ranging from 1:20 to 1:6400. the number of each species tested and their spr were: 74 hens (27.0%), 35 roost...

Background and Aims: Viral hepatitis is a global health problem with a high mortality rate. Recently, a new Flavi-like virus, provisionally named hepatitis G virus (HGV), has been described. HGV does not induce an immune response that is consistently detectable by using recombinant proteins from prokaryotic expression, therefore studies have been conducted by using polymerase chain reaction (...

background: crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is a feverous and hemorrhagic disease endemic in some parts of iran and caused by an arbovirus related to bunyaviridae family and nairovirusgenus. the main virus reser­voir in the nature is ticks, however small vertebrates and a wide range of domestic and wild animals are regarded as reservoir hosts. this study was conducted to determine the in...

forty-one wild sheep (ovis ammon orintalis) from kabodan island of national park of urmialake (north-west of iran), were examined during a period of six months from october 2002 tomarch 2003, for helminthes and coccidian infection. the numbers of oocyst and eggs per gram offaeces (opg & epg) were determined by the centrifuge flotation technique using saturated sugarsolution. the rate of inf...

patients and methods the study population consisted of all patients with type iiia gastilo open fractures of tibial shaft, with or without fibula fracture (caused by trauma). after wound irrigation, debridement, and wound swab sampling for microbial culture, all patients received prophylactic antibiotic regimens in fitting with their wound class. no topical antibiotics were used with a 6-month ...

hydatidosis is one of the major zoonotic diseases that cause considerable economic losses and public health problems worldwide. the present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of e. granulosus in domestic and wild carnivores and the infection rate of hydatid cyst in slaughtered animals and people in kashan area, central iran. a total of 142 carnivores including 70 stray dogs, 40 jac...

The etiology of acute diarrhea was studied in 915 children under 5 years of age between March 1986 and August 1987, in 7 hospitals in Tehran. 65 healthy children in similar age groups served as controls. Rotavirus was found in 25% of the patients and 1.5% of controls with the highest detection rate occurring in the 7-24 month age group (28%) and declining beyond 25 months of age (5%). The ...