Genetic analysis of imported dengue virus strains by Iranian travelers
Journal Title: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease - Year 2016, Vol 6, Issue 11
Abstract
Dengue virus sequences used in this study were obtained from two Iranian patients who were both with a history of traveling to Malaysia. The maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree demonstrated that two sequences were grouped into dengue virus 1. Specifically, strains IranDF1 and Iran-DF2 clustered in genotype I and III, respectively.
Acute suppurative appendicitis with Blastocystis hominis
Blastocystis hominis (B. hominis) is an anaerobic protozoan parasite, which lives in human and animal ’s intestines. It is commonly found in the tropical area. The parasite is low pathogen and its infection causes gastro...
Efficacy of fresh leaf extracts of Spondias mombin against some clinical bacterial isolates from typhoid patients
Objective: To evaluate the phytochemical properties and antibacterial activity of methanol, acetone, ethanol and aqueous extracts of fresh leaves of Spondias mombin (S. mombin) on some clinical bacterial isolates. Method...
Risk of domiciliation of Triatoma williami Galv ão, Souza e Lima, 1965 in a municipality of Brazilian Legal Amazon region
Objective: To notify the positivity and presence of vectors in natural and artificial ecotopes and analyze the basic knowledge of the Chagas disease vectors among population of amazon legal municipality. Methods: The mol...
New emerging H5N8 inflenza: A new risk for human?
The new emerging influenza is usually important problem in medicine. There are many new emerging influenza infections that exist at present. One of the new influenza is the H5N8 influenza. This new disease has just been...
Studies on the hypoglycemic effects of Murraya paniculata Linn. extract on alloxan-induced oxidative stress in diabetic and non-diabetic models
Objective: To evaluate the effect of extract of Murraya paniculata Linn. (Family - Rutaceae) on blood glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride and lipid level and antioxidant status in alloxan induced diabetic and non-diabetic...