background: persian gulf is a semi-closed environment which is affected by pollution ‎from heavy metals. entrance of heavy metals to the water column and binding to ‎sediment particles can affect the benthic organisms that can accumulate these ‎materials in their body. noticing this ability, mussels are considered as bio-monitoring ‎agents.‎ methods: the pearl oyster, pinctada radiate, and sedi...

Background: Persian Gulf is a semi-closed environment which is affected by pollution ‎from heavy metals. Entrance of heavy metals to the water column and binding to ‎sediment particles can affect the benthic organisms that can accumulate these ‎materials in their body. Noticing this ability, mussels are considered as bio-monitoring ‎agents.‎ Methods: The pearl oyster, Pinctada radiate, and sed...

concentrations of lead (pb) were found in the shells of the oyster saccostrea cucullata and sediments in may 2010. samples were obtained at four sites on qeshm island, at three sites on hormoz island, and at three sites in lengeh port along the intertidal coast of the persian gulf of iran. the levels of pb in sediments and shells were analyzed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotom...

pharaoh cuttlefish (sepia pharaonis) is commercially important and native cephalopods in the persian gulf and oman sea. in 2013, a total of 150 eggs of pharaoh cuttlefish were collected from 20 m depth in about 6 miles south of lengeh port and transferred to the laboratory of mollusks research station in bandar-e lengeh. eggs were incubated in temperature of 27.5±0.5 0c (mean ± sd) and salinity...

In the residential area of the North Coast of the Persian Gulf, consumption of fish is a possible source of exposure to heavy metals and other pollutants, all of which may act as potential risk factors for serious syndromes and fatal diseases. Health risks associated with Pb, Cd, and Hg were assessed based on the target hazard quotients (THQ), which can be derived from concentrations of heavy m...

The seroepidemiological condition of malaria in three main districts of Hormozgan Province, a low transmission area in southeast of Iran, was investigated. Methods. Sera samples (803) were collected from healthy volunteers from the three main districts (Bandar Lengeh in the west, Bandar Abbas in the center, and Bandar Jask in the east) of Hormozgan Province. A questionnaire was used to record t...

The concentrations of trace metals in hair of fishermen from the Persian Gulf region were assessed to detect the relationships between element levels in hair and potential factors influencing these relationships. The hair of 19 fishermen were sampled from six stations in the Persian Gulf (Abadan, Deylam, BushehrNirogah, Dayyer, Lengeh and Bandar Abbas in Khuzestan, Bushehr and Hormozgan provinc...

Information on the prevalence and risk factors for HIV infection among sailors is scarce. The aim of this seroprevalence study was to evaluate the frequency of HIV infection among sailors in south of Iran using rapid HIV test. The study included 400 consecutive participants in Lengeh, Shahid Rajaie, and Shahid Bahonar ports in south of Iran in May 2010. We observed only one case (0.25%) of HIV ...

The objectives of the current study are to investigate concentration, biological risks, chemical speciation, and mobility heavy metals also determination their distribution, physicochemical characteristics, abundance microplastics in coastal sediments edible bivalves Persian Gulf, area Hormozgan Province. Sampling points were selected considering location industrial, urban Hara forest protected...