Tetanus and rabies are two potentially preventable diseases that have been eradicated from many countries of the world. They still take a heavy toll of human life in the developing world. According to World Health Organization (WHO) reports, rabies causes at least 55,000 annual deaths worldwide, of which 56% occur in Asia and 44% in Africa1; and the estimated worldwide deaths from tetanus were ...

Objective: Medicinal plants are used for treatment of ailments throughout rural and urban areas of the world. Such use of plants varies from one region to another and is measured using quantitative techniques. The current research which was conducted from March to October 2015, is the first explorative study of medicinal plants used by inhabitants of lower Kurram, Kurram agency, Pakistan. Mater...

Grain legumes are an important source of dietary protein across southern Asia, but they suffer extensive losses due to several viruses that are members of the genus Begomovirus (family Geminiviridae), which are collectively known as legume yellow mosaic viruses (LYMVs). Despite their economic importance, little attention has been paid to LYMVs in Pakistan and only partial sequences of virus iso...

Geographical sero-prevalence of Anaplasma marginale (T) in sheep, Ovis aries (L) was done from January-May, 2012 in district Peshawar which is a crowded area of Pakistan. In this area sheep’s infection with A. marginale is not reported before. For this purpose, 376 serum samples were obtained conveniently from 4 different breeds of sheep, from different geographical areas of Peshawar. An indire...

anopheles culicifacies is the vector of malaria in southeastern part of iran, india, west pakistan and ceylon. in 1959 the lc50 % ddt in the panchmahal district of gujarat state (india) had increased. ddt resistant population of a. culicifacies has been reported from west pakistan, burma and iran. after application of ddt in 1959, the density of a. culicifacies decreased sharply. the susceptibi...