Iranians of whom 52 were females and 109 were males. The median age was 35, the youngest being 18 and the oldest 66 years of age. They represented individuals from all the Iranian regions who live in Tehran, the capital. For the factor V Leiden mutation 9 heterozygotes were found (frequency of 5.5%), with an allele frequency of 2.7% and for the G20210A mutation 5 heterozygotes were found (frequ...

Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) is a pathogen responsible for respiratory and locomotor disorders and causes major economic losses in poultry industry. Early and accurate diagnosis of MS infection plays a major role in control of the infection. This study was conducted to characterize Iranian field isolates of MS isolated from broiler chickens of West Azarbaijan province (Northwest of Iran), and diffe...

S AND POSTERS Emine Dinç, Szilvia Z Tóth, Győző Garab, Sándor Bottka. Application of SyntheticAntisense Oligodeoxynucleotides in Higher Plants. 4th International Symposium of the SFB429 " Signals, Sensing and Plant Primary Metabolism" University of Potsdam, Sanssouci,October 6th 9th, 2010. Potsdam, Germany Emine Dinç, Szilvia Z. Tóth, Gert Schansker, László Kovács, Győző Garab, Sánd...

7. Rasoamanana B, Leroy F, Boisier P, Rasolomaharo M, Buchy P, Carniel E, et al. Field evaluation of an immunoglobulin G anti-F1 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for serodiagnosis of human plague in Madagascar. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 1997;4:587–91. 8. Rajerison M, Dartevelle S, Ralafiarisoa LA, Bitam I, Tuyet DTN, Andrianivoarimanana V et al. Development and evaluation of two simple, rapid im...

INTRODUCTION Although assisted reproduction techniques are used extensively in Iran, screening for Y chromosome microdeletions before intracytoplasmic sperm injection is often undervalued. Our aim was to investigate Y chromosome microdeletions in men with idiopathic azoospermia or severe oligospermia. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 99 selected patients with azoospermia or severe oligospermia and el...

BACKGROUND Sand flies of subgenus Adlerius has a wide geographical distribution in Iran and are mostly found in wild form in mountainous areas. They are always considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis. The objective of this study was to determine the Adlerius species and its composition in an endemic focus of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in northwest of the country. METHODS...

arabis mosaic virus (armv) belongs to the plant virus genus nepovirus in the family secoviridae. armv is transmitted by several species of the nematode vector in genus xiphinema, and has a very wide natural host range in crop plants and ornamentals.  the objective of this study was to determine the distribution of armv in the vineyards and rose plantations in western and eastern azarbaijan prov...