About the Authors
- Fatemeh Farshadpour
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran, Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
- Reza Taherkhani
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* E-mail: taherkhanireza2005@yahoo.com
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran, Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
- Saeed Tajbakhsh
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran, Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
- Marziyeh Gholizadeh Tangestani
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran
- Gholamreza Hajiani
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Affiliation Bushehr Blood Transfusion Organization, Bushehr, Iran
- Nasrin Sharifi
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Affiliation Research Center for Biochemistry and Nutrition in Metabolic Diseases, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
- Sakineh Taherkhani
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Affiliation Reproductive Health and Midwifery Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran
- Abdolreza Nejadbolkheyr
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Affiliation Bushehr Blood Transfusion Organization, Bushehr, Iran
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FF RT. Performed the experiments: FF RT S. Tajbakhsh MGT AN. Analyzed the data: FF RT NS S. Taherkhani. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FF RT GH S. Tajbakhsh. Wrote the paper: FF RT. Performed the literature review and edited the manuscript: S. Tajbakhsh. Collected the data: MGT AN. Provided the databases of donor records: GH.