in this research, 514 soil samples and dead larvae were collected from khorassan, lorestan, tehran, ghazvin, east azarbaijan, west azarbaijan, mazandaran and hamedan provinces. b. thuringiensis was isolated from the samples using a heat-acetate method and the isolates were identified and classified using biochemical tests. the frequency of b. thuringiensis in soils with different plant communit...

Objective: Despite the development of two significant classifications for recurrence risk evaluation among patients engaged with gastrointestinal stromal tumor and corresponding treatment criteria, recurrence happens in a number of the patients who were once classified as ineligible for treatment and hence removed from treatment program. As such, the aim of the present study is to increase the ...

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...

In recent centuries, many natural disasters such as floods and droughts have appeared had adverse effects on countries. Natural disaster is one of the major environmental challenges in world has serious socioeconomic consequences Evidence points to fact that these a significant negative impact crop yield, food security, there need conduct micro-level studies help generate empirically evidence e...

  Purpose: Scabies is a parasitic disease with nocturnal itching and cutaneous lesions. It spreads   by physical contact and it occurs mostly in crowded places. Because of their occupation, military   personnel have to live in garrisons and camps. So the prevalence of scabies is higher in military   systems. Hence, this study evaluated the epidemiology of scabies in Iran’s Army.   Materials and...

OBJECTIVE Acute respiratory infection (ARI) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in children worldwide. Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is main viral agent of ARI in infants and young children in terms of effect and prevalence. The aim of this study was to investigate HRSV genotypes during one season in Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 107 throat swabs were colle...

phytoplasmal big bud is one of the important diseases of tomato (lycopersicon esculentum) in the world. the disease has been reported from iranian provinces of bushehr, isfahan, fars, khorasane razavi and ardabil. during a summer surrvey in 2010, symptoms of big bud disease was observed in tomato fields of dorood area in lorestan province. characteristic symptoms of the disease were small thick...

background: leishmaniasis is a group of diseases that are created by intracellular parasites of leishmania. cutaneous leishmaniasis is considered as one of the health problems in some provinces of iran. methods: in this study, a total of 178 giemsa-stained slides from confirmed cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were examined. the slides were prepared from the patients with cutaneous leishmaniasi...

chickpea is commonly grown in large scales in the western part of iran (kermanshah, hamedan, lorestan and chahar mahal & bakhtiari) and it forms a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia which promotes legumes growth through nitrogenfixation. therefore, it is important to evaluate the population genetic structure of rhizobia nodulating chickpea in various areas to manage extension of chickpea cult...