The present study was performed to assess the infection of rodent reservoirs and their fleas to plaque agent (Yersinia pestis) in Kurdistan and North Khorasan respectively as active endemic and inactive nonendemic foci in the country. Live traps were used to collect rodents in spring and summer 2015. Totally, 109 rodents were trapped. Rodents of genus Apodemus witherbyi (40.5%) were the most ab...

A comparative evaluation of the rheological properties ancient wheat flours (emmer, spelt, and khorasan), cultivated under same conditions, was conducted. They were evaluated for chemical composition, wet gluten quantity, quality, aggregation, disruption kinetics (GlutoPeak), dough proofing (Rheofermentometer), as well mixing thermal behavior (Mixolab). High content spelt flour led to formation...

on Materia Medica was compiled by Mir Muhammad Hussain, a native of Khorasan and pupil of Mir Muhammad Ali-el-Husaini. He resided first in Khorasan, then in Shiraz, and afterwards in India, principally at Murshidabad, in Bengal. He tells us in his preface that, in A. H. 1185 (A. D. 1771), lie was persuaded to undertake the compilation of a Persian Pharmacopoeia, and that when this was completed...

ObjectivesHuman papillomaviruses (HPV) are the main etiology of invasive cervical cancer. Together HPV and viral hepatitis account for cause 25% cancers in developing countries. To evaluate association between population movements spread HPV, this study looked at prevalence, genotypes, phylogenetic assessment Great Khorasan, a pilgrimage-tourism province northeast Iran.MethodsFrom March 2013 to...

Two species of mutillids, Smicromyrme (Astomyrme) nikolskajae Lelej, 1985 and S. (Eremotilla) tekensis Skorikov, 1935, reared from puparia of ber fruit fly, Carpomya vesuviana Costa, in South Khorasan, Iran are recorded. Both mutillids are newly recorded from Iran. An overview of eight species of mutillids associated with six species of flies is given in the appendix. 

In the past decades, cardiovascular diseases were the most common causes of death around the world and in Iran (1, 2). Various factors play an important role in the incidence of CVD; such as environmental, personal as well as lifestyle. We studied the geographical distribution of 19142 CVD deaths f r o m 2004 -2010 in South Khorasan. The mean age of the deceased was 59.3±28.9 years. 28.5% death...

Vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of more than 20 diseases defined by inflammation and destruction of blood vessels. We aimed to study the demographic characteristics of the primary vasculitides in the North East of Iran. We retrospectively studied the medical records of patients diagnosed with any kind of vasculitis at the Clinic and Department of Rheumatology of the Imam Reza Hospital, M...

1. Vector-borne Diseases Research Center, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran 2. Dept. of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 3. Dept. of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 4. Dept. of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Me...