introduction hepatitis b infection remains a major health problem worldwide and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. since it is transmitted parenterally, investigation of new cases of hepatitis b infections for potential routes of transmission plays a crucial role in controlling hepatitis b infection in the community. case presentation in this study, we reported a new case of hepa...

this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different proportions of lemon bee brush essential oil on growth performance, carcass composition, and hematology and biochemical parameters of common carp (cyprinus carpio). common carp with an average weight of 8 ± 0.2 g were fed for one month with a diet supplemented with lemon beebrush essential oil (0.15 and 0.3 ml) and with normal diet a...

background: considering their specific adaption to marine milieus, marine actinomycetes constitute an excellent source for producing unique bioactive substances. they are also important sources of antibiotics and extracellular enzymes, geosmin, and enzymes with potent antibacterial and anticarcinogenic properties and low toxicity. the objective of this study is to isolate actinomycetes producin...

in 1979, a community health survey for the purpose of establishing population babe. services were conducted in the villages of region of isfahan with a population of about 10,000. the target group involved males and females with in the age group of more than one year old. the population under study, 617 males and 565 females who were selected by household random sampling, where examined for the...

abstract background: normal standard references of blood pressure (bp) for children and adolescents should be constructed according to anthropometric indices. therefore , we aimed to produce bp reference percentiles by body mass index (bmi). methods: data on demographic characteristics, anthropometric indices and bp values of 16246 3-18-year-old children and adolescents from 3 cross-sectional s...

conclusions respiratory distress is more common in eos whereas jaundice, fever and seizure are more likely to be observed in los infants. considering the results, clinical manifestations should be regarded as an important part of early diagnosis of sepsis. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate, record and rank the clinical manifestations and lab data of neonates with clinical sepsis....

background: atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the vessel wall is characterized by local and systemic immune responses to a variety of antigens. oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxldl) is considered as an important determining factor in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (...

background: tumor necrosis factor alpha (tnf-α) is a primary mediator of immune regulation and might be required in the early stages of dc development from cd34+ cells. however, details of optimal timing of exposure to tnf-α in dc development process in monocytes or non-purified hematopoitic cells are still lacking and clear benefits of this approach to the development of dcs remain to be valid...

background: investigation of toxicity of silver nanoparticle, especxially blood toxicity, is necessary because this nanoparticle is used a lot in diffrerent parts of life and invironment. the aime of this is evaluation the effects of silver nanoparticles with different concentrations on blood cells pregnant wistar rats. materials and methods: in this case control study, 30 pregnant rat were div...

background the aim of this study was the ex vivo expansion of umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cells on biocompatible nanofiber scaffolds. materials and methods cd133+ hematopoietic stem cells were separated from umbilical cord blood using midimacs (positive selection) system by means of monocolonal antibody cd133 (microbeads) subsequently, flowcytometry method was done to assess the pur...