Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis that poses great challenge to the public system of affected countries. Safe and effective vaccines are needed overcome this crisis. Here, we develop assess protective efficacy immunogenicity an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in rhesus macaques. Twenty macaques were divided into four groups five animals each. One group was administered pla...

although response to intranasal steroid therapy has been reported in pa¬tients with allergic rhinitis, efficacy of some nasal steroids is noteworthy. this study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of a two-week course of fluticasone (flixonase) nasal spray vs. beclomethasone (beconase) nasal spray in patients with symptoms of allergic rhinitis referred to our clinic. this study reviewed six...

the first epidemiologic survey of childhood allergic rhinitis in iran was carried out from may 1995 until april 1996.. a questionnaire was distributed among 4584, 11-15 year-old children of both sexes, to be completed under supervision of medical students. nasal smears were collected from the cases with allergic rhinitis (n = 445, 5.8%.), and from 340 healthy children for comparison. significan...

Local immunity seems to play a major role in the resistance to infection by rhinoviruses (10). Since foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) shows many of the features of a rhinovirus (8), local immunity in cattle could provide resistance against the disease (7), and it would be possible to appraise it by searching for neutralizing antibodies in nasal secretions. The present work is an investigatio...

Article Type: Research Article Article History: Received: 28 May 2012 Accepted: 13 January 2013

background and objectives: nasal polyposis is a diseases resulting from complex pathogenetic mechanisms. some studies showed that tgfβ1 had significant role in this pathogenesis. in this study, we investigated the roe of cytokines and mediators in polyp development. material and methods: in this case- control study, healthy nasal mucosal samples were obtained from 24 people undergoing septoplas...

abstract facial defects not only impact on the function and quality of life but also affect the psychological well-being and social behavior of patients. a nasal prosthesis can re-establish the esthetics and anatomical contour in patients with mid-facial defects, often more effectively than surgical reconstruction. for successful results, many factors such as retention, texture, color match and...

This study represents an unusual case of mucormycosis localized in nasal cavity of a German shepherd dog. The patient was a 1-year-old male guard dog with unilateral nasal epistaxis, mucopurulent nasal discharge, sneezing and nose pawing. The dog had a history of head trauma about 2 months before admission, which was associated with mild self-limited epistaxis. Initial nasal rhinoscopy showed s...