A. T. Rezakhani,1,2,3 A. K. Pimachev,1,2 and D. A. Lidar1,2,4,5 1Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA 2Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA 3Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran 4Department of Physics, University of South...

INTRODUCTION Alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a chronic, serious and sometimes lethal parasitic infection, which is caused by Echinococcus multilocularis (EM). AE has been reported to occur in people from the north of Iran; however, until now there have been no cases of AE reportedfrom the southern provinces, such as Khuzestan. CASE PRESENTATION Herein, we report our experiences with three cas...

The Iranian Persian chub is an endemic species of the family Cyprinidae known only from few localities in drainages of Southern Iran. It was originally described in the genus Pseudophoxinus as (Pseudophoxinus persidis) and then Petroleuciscus (as Petroleuciscus persidis). In this study, we examined phylogenetic relationships of the Iranian Persian chub with other relatives in the family Cyprini...

This study was carried out to determine the species of the genus Opius Wesmael, 1835 in Hormozgan province (Southern Iran). Malaise traps and sweep nets were used to obtain adult specimens from various habitats in Hormozgan province during 2011-2013. Fifteen species from the genus Opius belonging to ten subgenera were collected. The subgenera Merotrachys Fischer, 1972 and Opiostomus Fischer, 19...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) with diverse clinical manifestations is prevalent and remains a major public health problem in iran and its incidence has been doubled over the last decade. the present study is about the potential role of rodents in the epidemiology of cl in kharameh district in shiraz, southern iran. methods: from april 2004 to april 2005, a total of sixteen rodents we...

we determined the knowledge of parents of 200 pediatric patients for bacterial endocarditis prophylaxis (bep ), using an eight question survey pertaining to their knowledge of their child's cardiac disease, medications, and bep. the patient's cardiac lesion and current medications were verified at the time of admission for diagnostic or interventional cardiac catheterization. each pat...

background: the association between oral lichen planus (olp) as a common oral disease and hcv infection as an etiological factor in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma has been widely reported. however, there are wide geographical variations in the reported prevalence. this study was performed to determine the prevalence of l. planus in hcv+ patients in shiraz, southern iran. â  methods...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Tullgrenius afghanicus Beier, 1959 and Oratemnus afghanicus Beier, 1959 from Afghanistan, Mesatemnus cyprianus (Beier and Turk, 1952) from Cyprus, Paratemnoides insularis (Banks, 1902) from Ecuador and Turkey, Diplotemnus egregius Beier, 1959 from Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Diplotemnus insolitus Chamberlin, 1933 from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, ...