conclusions: vegetables are a new source of h. pylori and accurate washing of vegetables improves such contaminations. results: the results showed that 44 of 460 samples (9.56%) were positive for h. pylori using the culture method. the polymerase chain reaction technique showed that 50 of 460 samples (10.86%) were positive for h. pylori. un-washed leek, traditional salad, un-washed basil and un...

Plastic pollution has universally known accumulated in all environment compartments and accelerating threat to the sustainability of earth. Field survey to examine the occurrence of microplastics in ancient sea water evaporation technology of ponds at Pallengu-Jeneponto, was conducted. From this sea salt producing ponds, samples of water, sediment and freshly harvested salts were collected. Six...

Abstract: Background and Aim of the study: The landfill leachate is contains various contaminates that can effect on quality of surface water and wells. In this study influence of the leachate from Albourz landfill in Qom (Qom, Iran) was investigated on quality of groundwater. Material and methods:   In this experimental study, Samples were collected from wells around the landfill site. Va...

The presence of Salmonella was detected in 192 samples of poultry carcasses from poultry farms in Shiraz province (Iran). A total of 30 Salmonella isolates were found in chicken samples (15.6%), by conventional culturing and confirmed by PCR and serology methods. Strains of serogroup D1 were the most prevalent strains, followed by serogroups C1, B and C2. All strains were subjected to Salmonell...

readymade garment industries are the prominent economic sector for bangladesh as well as scoping the huge working area for workers. but health condition of workers, drinking water quality, and proper maintenance of the environmental parameters are not well monitored. this study aims to assess the physio-chemical and bacteriological quality of drinking water provided for the garment workers in d...

A survey on camel brucellosis in Boushehr province of Iran was carried out during the year 1997. A total of 258 serum samples were collccted and serologically examincd. Out of thesc samples. 5 cases (% 1.93) showed laboratory evidence of hrl/cclla infcc'tiol1. 111 hacleriological examinatiol1, the Iymph nodes of ail serologically positive camcls were cultured. Brl/cella melilensis biotype 1 was...

Background: Iran is located within the dry and semi dry regions, thus almost 90% of the required water is secured via the use of groundwater. Owing to the increasing pollution of water resources, this study was performed to evaluate water quality pollution indices for heavy metals (As, Zn, Pb and Cu) contamination monitoring in Toyserkan Plain during spring and summer in 2012. Methods: A tot...

background and purpose: one of the most prominent concerns for the water consumers is pathogenic microorganism contamination. wells and underground water resources are the main resources of drinking water in sari city, iran. the main objectives of the research project were to explore the distribution and frequency of mycoflora in wells and underground water resources of the city and their conta...

BACKGROUND Acanthamoeba spp. are free-living amoebae commonly found in the environmental sources such as water, soil, and air. This ubiquitous amoeba is the causative agent of amoebic keratitis (AK). The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence of Acanthamoeba spp. in water and soil sources in Ahvaz City, Khuzestan Province, southern Iran. METHODS In general, 110 samples...