a faunestic study on stigmaeidae and cryptognathidae families in lorestan province was carried out during 2012-2013. in this study 18 species were collected and identified, of which favognathus amygdalus and f. cordylus (cryptognathidae) were new records for iranian fauna, also all of the collected species in this study were new records for fauna of lorestan province. stigmaeidae with 14 specie...

objective: in soil habitats, mesostigmatic mites (acari: mesostigmata) are among the most important predators of smallarthropods and nematodes. methods: a study was carried out during 2009-2010 to identify theirfauna in khorramabad county, western iran. soil samples were taken from different regions. mites were extracted by berlese-tullgren funnel and cleared in nesbit fluid. microscopic slides...

Behrouz Ezatpour, Ali Hasanvand, Mehdi Azami, Hossein Mahmoudvand, Khatereh Anbari Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Lorestan Veterinary Organization Office, Khorramabad, Iran Skin Disease and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, Kerman...

Ali Sharafi Chegeni, Behrouz Ezatpour*, Mohammad Saki, Hamid Mokhayeri, Siavash Adavi, Elham Nasiri, Mehdi Azami Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Deputy of Health, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Science, Khorramabad, Iran Aligoudarz health network, Lorestan University of M...

Babak Abdolkarimi1* and Nicolas André2 1Department of Hematology and Oncology, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran 2Metronomics Global Health Intiative, Marseille, France *Corresponding author: Babak Abdolkarimi, Assistant Professor, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khoramabad, Iran, Tel: +98-713632306; E-mail: b.abdolkarimi@y...

BACKGROUND Diagnostic study of vector ticks for different pathogens transmitted specifically have been done by Iranian old scientists working on the basis of biological transmission of pathogens. In this study we decided to confirm natural infection of different collected ticks from three different provinces of Iran. METHODS Ticks were collected from livestock (sheep, goats and cattle) during...