Cape Verde is an archipelago of ten islands located in the Atlantic Ocean, 750 km west of the Senegal coast. The country is largely dependent on cereals, importing around 70-90% of its needs, with maize being the most important with 60-70% of all cereals imported. The storage system comprises both bulk and bag storage. Two port terminal elevators in two distinct islands guarantee the receiving ...

Department of Plant Production and Genetics, Khuzestan Agricultural Sciences Natural Resources University, Ahvaz, Iran

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are among the emerging pathogens in immunocompromised individuals including hospitalized patients. So, it is important to consider hospitals water supplies as a source for infection. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of NTM in the hospital aquatic systems of Khuzestan, South west of Iran. In total, 258 hospital water samples were collected ...

Introduction and objective: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a member of Hepadnaviridae and a major causative agent of chronic and acute hepatitis, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Genotype determination of HBV is based on PCR-RFLP and sequencing of genome of the virus. The genotype formation is mainly due to mutations of HBV precore, S, and YMDD (tyrosine-methionine-aspartate-aspartate ...