Brucellosis is a widespread zoonotic disease causing considerable economic and public health problems. Despite animal vaccination, brucellosis remains endemic in some areas such as Iran, especially in the western Iranian province of Hamadan. We sought to detect some of the most common virulence-associated genes in Brucella isolated from human blood cultures to determine the prevalence of some v...

Background: Allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a strategy used for treatment of different malignant diseases. However, success of allo-HSCT can be hampered by graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD). Natural killer (NK) cells may play an important role in activating antigen presenting cells and subsequent activation of T cells. The main purpose of this study was the evaluation...

p. vivax malaria with suspected long incubation have been frequently observed mostly in the northwest part of iran in the course of malaria control and malaria eradication operations. a sero-epidemiological study of such cases which present the first symptom in early spring, before anopheles activities season, was carried out in 92 selected villages with a population of 38,726 in two near areas...

Background: Halothane is the routine used inhalation anesthetic drug in the world but at present, there is an increasing interest for using intravenous anesthetics like propofol. The purpose of this study was to compare these anesthetic effects on hepatic enzymes.Methods: From 2006 to 2007, this study was performed on fifty eight patients classified in class I of American Society of Anesthetics...

Cereal-based pellets containing 20 ppm brodifacoum (Talon® 20P) (ICI Crop Care, Richmond) were aerially applied by helicopter over Lady Alice Island at a rate of 12 kg ha on 27 October 1994. Water samples (100 mL) were randomly taken from streams before and 2, 12, and 34 days after the poison operation. Soil samples were taken from random sites on the island before and 2, 12, 34, and 210 days a...

in this research to evaluate the effects of probiotic on the growth and some serum biochemical parameters of growing native kid’s, 24 kid’s, with 19.2± 0.7 kg body weight and 120± 10 days of age were used in a  completely randomized design with four treatments and six repeats. these four groups included: 1- the control group was fed on a basal diet (without probiotic or yeast). 2- the second gr...

Most dairy cows experience a period of energy deficit in early lactation, resulting increased plasma concentrations nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) and β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB). Our objectives were to determine (1) the diurnal variation BHB NEFA, (2) correlation between NEFA when accounting for changes, (3) effect hyperketonemia (HYK) on pattern blood metabolites. Jugular catheters placed 28 mu...

gentamicin is an important aminoglycoside antibiotic. however its use is limited to serious and life threatening gram negative infections, because of its high nephrotoxicity potential in patients. there are reports that safranal, the active ingredient of saffron with antioxidant properties, exerts protective effect against ischemic injuries occurred by certain nephrotoxins including gentamicin....

background: prp (platelet-rich plasma) is a biological product that has shown significant therapeutic results compared to synthetic drugs and some traditional methods. the advantages of this method include: prp, compared to other biological materials, is easily prepared in clinic and the safety is high as well. objectives: we aimed to investigate the evaluation of histomorphometric properties a...

introduction: during hemorrhagic shock (hs), the kidneys are one of the primary target organs involved. oxidative stress is shown to be enhanced in different models of acute kidney injury (aki). remote ischemic preconditioning (rpc) by brief limb ischemia is considered to be a safe method to protect different organs from further damage. in this study, we investigated the effects of brief hind l...