Background. Dietary supplementation has been used as a mechanism to augment the immune system. Adjunctive therapy with L-arginine has the potential to improve outcomes in active tuberculosis. Methods. In a randomized clinical trial 63 participants with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Markazi Province of Iran were given arginine or placebo for 4 weeks in addition to conventional chemoth...

BACKGROUND On the continuation of sorting the puzzle of the situation of hydatid disease in Iran and considering that so far no survey was conducted in this context in Arak City, Markazi Province central Iran, the present study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of human hydatidosis using AgB-ELISA test. METHODS Totally 578 serum samples randomly were collected from patients referr...

Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) is transmitted to humans by phlebotomine sand fly bites. ZCL is a major health problem in Iran, where basic knowledge gaps about sand fly species diversity persist in some ZCL-endemic areas. This paper describes the richness and spatial distribution of sand fly species, collected with sticky traps, in Qom province, a ZCL-endemic area in central Iran, where...

In order to evaluate the Effects of dual inoculation of Azotobacter and Mycorrhiza with Nitrogen and Phosphorus levels on yield and yield components of spring safflower, this study was carried out in field of Farahan university in Markazi province in 2007. A factorial in a randomized complete block design with three replications was used inoculation of Azotobacter (with inoculation and without ...

Background: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have detrimental effects on human, ecosystem, and biodiversity. Bioremediation is an option that has been used to remediate reduce the risk of contaminants such as PAHs. Microorganisms are readily available screen can be rapidly identified in many extreme environmental conditions. Mycobacteria a great potential for production bioactive compoun...

during 2005-2006, in the course of a survey of oribatid mites in arak region, markazi province, zetomotrichus (zetomotrichus) lacrimans grandjean, 1934 was collected and identified. this is the second genus and species of the family zetomotrichidae (acari, oribatida) being reported from iran.

during 2007-2008 growing season, a total of 520 sunflower leaf samples with symptoms like vein clearing, cholorotic and necrotic local lesion, deformation and stunting which were suspected of being infected with tobacco streak virus (tsv) were collected from sunflower fields of azarbayijan-gharbi, isfahan, qom, markazi, tehran and hamedan provinces. infection with tsv in collected samples were ...