Methods: The present study was a field based cross-sectional study carried out for a period of 3 months from December 2013 to February 2014 in a randomly selected primary school of block karhal in rural area of district Manipuri, Uttar Pradesh. A list of all the students was obtained and days were fixed for examination of the students after consultation from the principal. For data collection w...

From 1 December 1988 through 28 February 1991, 7,290 rectal swab specimens received in our laboratory were screened for Yersinia enterocolitica. A total of 76 patients had Y. enterocolitica isolated from their stool samples. Of these patients, 59 (77.6%) were 12 months old or younger. Y. enterocolitica was second only to Salmonella spp. in this age group. Routine screening for Y. enterocolitica...

Article history: Received 14 December 2011 Received in revised form 11 February 2012 Accepted 14 February 2012 Available online 21 February 2012

A Cochlodinium polykrikoides red tide occurred in northern coastal waters of the Persian Gulf which killed million tons of fish and benthic animals. This study reports high mortality rate of Solen dactylus (razor clam) populations on the Golshahr coast of Bandar Abbas to show that management and monitoring plans are necessary to prevent future mass mortalities. Specimens of S. dactylus were col...

Article history: Received 14 December 2011 Received in revised form 13 February 2012 Accepted 13 February 2012 Available online 15 February 2012 Communicated by D. Pointcheval