background: hepatitis b infection is a major public health problem worldwide. given that immune response towards the vaccine is not perfect, we aimed to evaluate circumstances of immune response in vaccinated students. materials and methods: in this study, 219 medical students of ardabil university of medical sciences were recruited, who had been administered vaccine series for the first time, ...

leishmaniasis is one of the most important parasitic diseases in terms of human injury and economic consequences which has a wide range of clinical protests of skin damage to fatal visceral discomfort covers. kala-azar is a mediterranean-type in and its main reservoirs are dogs and canine family. currently the most common disease centers are in parts of provinces such as ardebil, fars, east of ...

In order to estimate the nutrient value of three dominant range species; Festucaovina, Trifolium montanum and Alopecurus textilis via proximate analyses and gas productiontechnique, samples were collected in three stages during grazing period from 26th May to 1thSeptember in six areas of Sabalan Mountain in North West of Iran. Results showed thatTrifolium montanum as a legume had higher values ...

drought stress as the most important abiotic stress plays a significant role in reduction of crops yield. this study was conducted at six agricultural experimental stations (karadj, ardebil, arak, mashhad, jolgerokh and miandoab) during 2006-08 cropping seasons. experiments were carried out under normal irrigation and post-anthesis drought stress conditions using 18 wheat genotypes. experimenta...

abstract background: healthy behaviors in alzheimer prevention among at risk are very important. this study aimed to assess the effect of educational program based on health belief model on adopting preventive behaviors in alzheimer among elders under covering ardebil health care setting. methods: this was a quasi-experimental study which was conducted in 2013 among 148 elders who divided into ...

breeding for environmental stress is one of the most important goals in plant breeding. among stresses, drought stress has high influencing on limitation of wheat production. so, in order to find the best drought tolerant genotypes, 24 genotypes were planted in three separate experiments in ardebil: one with optimum irrigation (control), another with water stress at pre-anthesis stage and the o...

background : biting midges of the genus culicoides act as vectors for important diseases affecting humans and both wild and domestic animals. collection of adult culicoides specimens in the near vicinity of vertebrate hosts is the major part of any bluetongue surveillance plan. there are old records of culicoides species dated from 1963, 1968 and 1975. therefore, it was decided to collect diffe...

tak-ab is a new winter bread wheat cultivar developed from evaluation of icarda-turkey-cimmyt international bread wheat germplasm to supplementary irrigation areas. study of new cultivars under supplementary irrigation in maragheh and ardebil research stations (2005-2012) showed that, tak-ab had high grain potential under supplementary irrigation conditions. based on results means of grain yiel...