abstract east azarbaijan province is one of the most important areas for poplar production and has the highest suitability of poplar plantation in iran. three species of poplar trees included populus alba, p. nigra and p. x. euramericana are planted and usually attacked by different pests in this province. melasoma populi l., archips rosana (l.) and pemphigus filaginis are some of important pes...

objective this study aims at determining the epidemiologic, presenting symptoms, clinical course and electrophysiologic features of childhood guillain-barre syndrome (gbs) in the east azarbaijan province over a period of five years. materials & methods  all the patients, aged< 15 years, referred/admitted to tabriz children hospital with gbs between january 2001 and december 2005 were investigat...

introduction. need assessment is one of the most important steps in planning any educational program. in this cross-sectional study, educational needs of general physicians were questioned in east-azarbaijan. methods. according to different need assessment sources and methods, educational needs and related learning objectives were determined for general physicians of iran. then considering expe...

the objective of this study was to explore the status of bovine leukemia virus infection and to determine the related risk factors in east azarbaijan province. in this regard blood samples were taken from 624 head of cattle and in meanwhile the specifications of each animal were recorded. the presence of antibodies to the virus was evaluated by serological methods. the results showed that the o...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS This study was carried out to investigate the incidence, annual time trend and some epidemiological and clinical features of Guillain-Barre syndrome in children in the north west of Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this population-based cross sectional research, epidemiological and clinical features of 143 cases with Guillain-Barre syndrome between 2001 and 2006 were studied...

doogh is a traditional iranian drink prepared by fragmentation and dilution of yogurt, with addition of salt and flavouring. dairy products are favorable environment for microbial growth due to high nutrient and relative humidity. one of the most important parameters in the food industry production and consumption is enhancing the shelf life of the product. therefore, food additives such as pot...

abstract the faunistic study was carried out during 2002-2003 and specimens were collected from 13 cities of the west azarbaijan province showing a normal distribution of this family. totally 22 genera and 35 species of pentatominae and podopinae subfamilies were collected and identified mainly focusing on male genitalia and some other morphological characters. 30 new species and 1 new species ...

Arasbaran is one of the most important protected regions in Iran located in NW of the country and east of E Azarbaijan Province. Several reports have been published on the mycobiota of this region however there is only few records about rust fungi of Arasbaran. Our research on rust fungi of Arasbaran region get started since 2006. During this study, several rust taxa collected and identified fr...