A survey was carried out to investigate the frequency of hard tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) on sheep in Khorasan Razvi province. A total of 812 ticks were collected from the sheep of different areas of Khorsan Razavi province five species were identified as follow: Rhipicephalus turanicus (59.23%), Hyalomma.marginatum turanicum (25.73%), Hyalomma excavatum (14.8%), Hyalomma anatolicum (8.3...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is a widespread tropical infection which has a high incidence rate in iran. the aim of this study was to determine some epidemiological aspects of disease in northern khorasan prov­ince, iran. methods : from 2005 to 2008, data concerning 1453 patients with cl were collected and analyzed from the different dis­tricts of health service registry of the prov...

abstract potato virus a (pva) is one of the members of genus potyvirus. pva particles are straight to slightly flexuous rods and contain of single stranded rna. in the spring and summer of 2005, sampling accomplished to determine potato virus a from potato fields in northern and razavi khorasan provinces. samples with mosaic, shining and rolling of leaves carried in ice chamber to laboratory fo...

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...

nitrogen is one of the most important nutrients in crop production, but it's losses to the environment is harmful. the sundial model (simulation model of n dynamics in the soil) was used to quantify the cycle of n and it's losses in different production systems of sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.) in former khorasan province, east of iran. the data were collected from traditional, semi-me...