We report of an Iranian family with history of a rare haemoglobin variant, Haemoglobin J associated with alpha thalassemia, discovered while performing premarital thalassemia screening. In the present study we report the first case of haemoglobin J-Toronto [alpha 5 (A3) Ala > Asp] on -globin gene, found in a 16-year-old female from Mazandaran Province, North of Iran. Further investigation chara...

To isolate keratinophilic fungi in sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants in Sari city, Mazandaran province, Islamic Republic of Iran, samples were taken from 7 plants with different sewage treatment technologies. From 35 sludge samples cultured on Sabouraud's agar with cycloheximide and chloramphenicol, 326 fungal colonies belonging to 7 species were isolated. Geotrichum (59.5%), Clado...

background: in iran, maize is cultivated in wide areas including northern provinces. it is one of the most important crops for poultry and livestock feeding, which is susceptible to aflatoxins (afs) contamination. so, pre-harvest maize samples from mazandaran province, north of iran were analyzed for afs contamination. objective:   methods: thirty-five pre-harvest maize samples were analyzed us...

background: genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome p450 in humans are the main cause of differences in the metabolism. the allele and genotype frequencies of cyp2c19 and cyp2c9 have been studied in some iranian populations. the aim of present study was to examine the frequencies of cyp2c18m1, and cyp2c18m2, alleles in the mazandarani ethnic group among iranian population. materials and methods: in...

BACKGROUND One of the most common ways that in most countries and Iran in determining the status of teacher training is the evaluation by students. The most common method of evaluation is the survey questionnaire provided to the study subjects, comprised of questions about educational activities. The researchers plan to evaluate the opinion of students and faculty members about the effect of th...

AIM Alpha thalassemia is one of the most prevalent disorders worldwide and carrier frequency of the disease is varied in different parts of the world. Although different studies in Iran and Mazandaran province have been carried out to identify different mutations of alpha globin gene among people with low hematological indices, frequencies of these mutations were unknown in general population, ...

This study investigated knowledge of and practices towards universal precautions among 540 health care workers and medical students in 2 university hospitals in Mazandaran Province, Islamic Republic of Iran. Only 65.8% and 90.0% staff in the 2 hospitals and 53.5% of medical students had heard about universal precautions. Overall, there was a low understanding of precautions, except concerning d...