in this paper a general discussion of the available data on the role of prostaglandin (pg) and phosphodiesterase is discussed. functional studies would be a next step to understand the functional meaning of the data described in this paper. the data presented are a basis for further research on selective modulation of the ep1 and ep2 receptor which could be a therapeutic target in functional bl...

context blastocystis hominis is a unicellular protozoan found commonly in the intestinal tract of humans and many other animals with multiple subtypes, which tend to be specific to the host. we aimed to apply a meta-analysis for studies of protozoan pathogens in order to obtain a general overview of the prevalence and genotype analysis of blastocystis spp. in iran. results we included 40 eligib...

genomic signal processing is a relatively new field in bioinformatics, in which signal processing algorithms and methods are used to study functional structures in the dna. an appropriate mapping of the dna sequence into one or more numerical sequences enables the use of many digital signal processing tools in the analysis of different genomic sequences. also, a novel influenza a (h1n1) virus o...

background: there are some genetic differences in blastocystis that show the existence of species or genotypes. one of these genes that help in identifying blastocystis is ssurrna. the aim of this study was assessment of genetic diver-sity of blastocystis by pcr with seven pairs of sts primers. methods: this study was done on 511 stool samples collected from patients referred to the health care...

background in 2009, a pandemic associated with a new type of influenza a virus (h1n1) affected many countries worldwide. after five years of silence, in 2015 we encountered another outbreak of h1n1 influenza a. objectives the present study aimed to study the epidemiological and clinical features of this disease in the cold and dry climate of qazvin province, iran in the last epidemic, during 20...

background emergence of a novel swine-origin influenza a (h1n1) pandemic since 2009 attracted the attention of scientists to characterize epidemiological features and clinical manifestations of this disease in comparison to seasonal flu in different parts of the world. objectives the goal of this investigation was to compare these features in confirmed cases of swine-origin influenza a (h1n1) a...

conclusions: prevalence rate of h1n1 infection in the study region was higher compared to other part of iran; but, close to the expected rate. the h1n1-associated mortality rate was lower than the reported rates in iran and other parts of the world. background: khuzestan and other parts of iran were involved with influenza a (h1n1) pandemic in 2009. objectives: the aim of this study was to desc...

conclusions in the present study, the highest prevalence was for st5, which is so important for epidemiology and risk of human infection. the report related to st3 in cattle as a subtype of human showed mutual infection between human and cattle. another important point in this study was the st6 report. finally, it seems that gathering epidemiological data is needed for a better understanding of...

results the predominant genotype among bahraini patients was type 1 (36.71%), followed by genotypes 3 and 4 (15.6% each) and the lowest frequency was found for genotype 2 (3.9%). among genotype 1, subtype 1b had the highest frequency (21.09%), followed by subtype 1a (14.06%). among genotype 3, subtype 3a had the highest frequency (11.72%), while among genotype 4, most of subtypes were undetermi...