Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is an endemic condition in Northeast Iran and, as such, identification of risk factors associated with the infection in this region seems to be a necessity. All the possible risk factors for HTLV-1 seropositivity among first-time blood donors were evaluated in Mashhad, Iran, during the period of 2011-2012. Blood donation volunteers were ...

Mohammad-Saeed Sasan*1, MD; Fatemah Riyahi Zanian2, MS; Batol Birjandi3, MD; Mahbobe Naderinasab2, MD, PhD, and MohammadMahdi Ejtehadi2, PhD 1. Department of Pediatrics, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 2. Department of Microbiology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 3. Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Received: J...

1 Biotechnology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2 Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Sina Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, IR Iran 4 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of...

N. caninum could cause abortion in small ruminants. The aim of the study was to detect N. caninum infection in ovine aborted foetuses in the Mashhad area by PCR examination. During the period 2009 to 2013, 71 ovine aborted foetuses were collected and their brain samples examined by PCR. Of the 71 brains of the aborted foetuses, N. caninum DNA was detected in seven (9.8%) samples. In conclusion,...

Ethical misconduct is not a new issue in the history of science and literature. However, ethical misconducts in science have grown considerably in the modern era which is due to emphasis on the scientific proliferation in research institutes and gauging scientists according to their publications. In the current case series, several misconducts occurring over the previous years in Mashhad Univer...

A Lamivudine/ Entacavir Resistance Mutations Among Treatment Naïve Chronic HBV Infected Patients Mashhad, Iran

Ali Peiravi DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD, MASHHAD, IRAN [email protected] Abstract: Ambulatory monitoring and health care using wireless body area networks is an active area of applied research. In this study, a new method is presented to compute the connectance and reliability of wireless body area networks based on an improved...

Received June 16, 2017. Revised August 11, 2017. Accepted September 27, 2017. Correspondence to: Hossein Karimi Moonaghi School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Ebne-Sina Street, Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan, Iran Tel: +98-51-3851-1511, Fax: +98-51-3859-07313, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commo...