Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Faculty Members have conducted research related to the Are There Atypical Leishmania Species Responsible for the Kala-Azar Persistence in Northeast Iran?
Katayoun Samimi Rad
Katayoun Samimi Rad

Associate Professor of Microbiology

Department Virology

School of Public Health

Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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1. Bioinformatics Analysis of Persistent Dysregulated Expression of Genes Involved in Hcv-Induced Neurological Disorders and Liver Injuries After Daa Treatment Through Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis, Health Science Reports (2025)
2. Growth Inhibition Effect of Zeolite/Zinc Oxide Nanocomposite Against Foodborne Gram-Positive Bacteria, Nanomedicine Research Journal (2025)
3. Investigating the Prevalence, Antibiotic Resistance Pattern, and Serotyping of Shigella Isolates From Traditional and Industrial Olivier Salads, Journal of Nutrition and Food Security (2025)
4. Environmental Surveillance of Poliovirus and Non-Polio Enteroviruses in Iran, 2017–2023: First Report of Imported Wild Poliovirus Type 1 Since 2000, Food and Environmental Virology (2024)
5. Generation of Optimized Consensus Sequences for Hepatitis C Virus (Hcv) Envelope 2 Glycoprotein (E2) by a Modified Algorithm: Implication for a Pan-Genomic Hcv Vaccine, Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology (2024)
6. New Insights Into Potential Biomarkers and Their Roles in Biological Processes Associated With Hepatitis C-Related Liver Cirrhosis by Hepatic Rna-Seq-Based Transcriptome Profiling, Virus Research (2024)
7. Puf Proteins As Critical Rna-Binding Proteins in Tritryp Parasites: A Review Article, Iranian Journal of Parasitology (2024)
8. Development of an Indirect Fluorescent Antibody (Ifa) Assay for the Detection of Leishmania Rna Virus 2 (Lrv2) in Leishmania Parasites, Iranian Journal of Parasitology (2022)
9. Molecular Typing of Enteroviruses and Parechoviruses in Acute Flaccid Paralysis Patients in Iran in 2019, Archives of Virology (2022)
10. Bacmam Virus-Based Surface Display for Hcv E2 Glycoprotein Induces Strong Cross-Neutralizing Antibodies and Cellular Immune Responses in Vaccinated Mice, Infectious Agents and Cancer (2021)
11. Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Hepatitis a Virus in the Wastewater Treatment Plant of Ekbatan Town in Tehran, Iran, Hepatitis Monthly (2021)
12. Effect of Bacteriocin Produced by Lactobacillus Casei With Probiotic Potential Isolated From Milk on the Ability of Biofilm Production by Streptococcus Salivarius Obtained From Dental Plaque, Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences (2021)
13. Engineered Puf Proteins: New Flexible Toolkits to Target the Replication of Rna Viruses, Future Virology (2021)
14. Hcv Core/Ns3 Protein Immunization With “N-Terminal Heat Shock Gp96 Protein (Rnt (Gp96))” Induced Strong and Sustained Th1-Type Cytokines in Immunized Mice, Vaccines (2021)
15. A Dna Vaccine Expressing Fusion Protein E2-Nt(Gp96) Induces Hepatitis C Virus Cross-Neutralizing Antibody in Balb/C Mice, Hepatitis Monthly (2019)
16. A Non-Pathogenic Leishmania Tarentolae Vector Based- Hcv Polytope Dna Vaccine Elicits Potent and Long Lasting Th1 and Ctl Responses in Balb/C Mice Model, Molecular Immunology (2019)
17. Molecular Epidemiology of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Iranian ≥60 Years Old Hospitalized Patients With Acute Respiratory Symptoms, Archives of Iranian Medicine (2017)
18. Puf Proteins: Cellular Functions and Potential Applications, Current Protein and Peptide Science (2017)
19. Repression of the Internal Ribosome Entry Site-Dependent Translation of Hepatitis C Virus by an Engineered Puf Protein, Hepatitis Monthly (2017)
20. Detection and Molecular Identification of Leishmania Rna Virus (Lrv) in Iranian Leishmania Species, Archives of Virology (2016)
21. Epidemic History of Hepatitis C Virus Among Patients With Inherited Bleeding Disorders in Iran, PLoS ONE (2016)
22. Association of Hla Class Ii Alleles With Hepatitis C Virus Clearance and Persistence in Thalassemia Patients From Iran, Journal of Medical Virology (2015)
23. Enhancement of Hcv Polytope Dna Vaccine Efficacy by Fusion to an N-Terminal Fragment of Heat Shock Protein Gp96, Archives of Virology (2015)
24. Detection of the Predominant Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes Using Linear Probe Assay for 5'Nc Region in Iran, Biotechnology (2012)