OBJECTIVE Detection of different serotypes of dengue virus and provide information on origin, distribution and genotype of the virus. METHODS Dengue virus serotypes identified as DEN-1 and DEN-2 were amplified and sequenced with E gene. The consensus sequences were aligned with references E gene sequences of globally available GenBank. Phylogenetic analysis was performed using Neighbor-joinin...

to study the tolerance of genotypes under terminal drought stress, 20 promising winter and facultative bread wheat genotypes were evaluated at karadj, ardebil, arak and hamedan agricultural research stations during 2001-02 cropping season. the experimental design in all the locations was randomized complete block of three replications. grain yield (yld), harvest index (hi), grain number per spi...

  Purpose: Estrogen as a crucial hormone during pregnancy acts by two types of receptors.   Estrogen receptor alpha, expressed by estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) gene, is more abundant and   exists in all human reproductive systems. Association of ESR1 gene polymorphism has been   shown in some reproductive fields such as spontaneous abortion, endometriosis-related infertility   and in vitro fertili...

drought stress as the most important abiotic stress plays a significant role in reduction of crops yield. this study was conducted at six agricultural experimental stations (karadj, ardebil, arak, mashhad, jolgerokh and miandoab) during 2006-08 cropping seasons. experiments were carried out under normal irrigation and post-anthesis drought stress conditions using 18 wheat genotypes. experimenta...

Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education: HCV genotype pattern is shifting from genotype 1 to 3a in Iran. Traveling to neighboring countries might be a cause of this shift. Young Iranian generation is infected with genotype 3a giving the idea that this genotype is new in this geographical area. Standard interferon therapy against HCV shows viral genotype specific respon...

Piscine orthoreovirus genotype 1 (PRV-1) is an endemic virus to the Northeastern Pacific that infects both wild and farmed salmon. To better understand PRV-1 prevalence transmission pathways in region, we targeted out-migrating juvenile Salmon Strait of Georgia Johnstone British Columbia, Canada, for molecular screening with emphasis on Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Coho kisutch) A total 4...

in order to investigate the yield stability of eight promising rice genotypes, these lines along with shiroudi and fajr cultivars as control were sown in three regions of mazandaran province (amol, sari and tonekabon) as randomized complete block arrangements with three replications in 2012 and 2013. analysis of variance for grain yield indicated significant differences among the genotypes in a...

This prospective study investigated the relationship between 2 inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) polymorphisms (rs7270101 and rs1127354) and the efficacy of ribavirin-based antiviral therapy in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected Chinese patients.A total of 906 patients diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C receiving pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin combination therapy between January 2011 a...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) plays important roles in the pathogenesis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We investigated the association between serum IP-10 levels and liver pathology in patients with chronic HCV infection. METHODS The serum IP-10 concentration was assessed in 85 patients with chronic HCV infection using a solid phase sandwich enzyme-linked im...