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protozoan of Leishmania genus and in Iran by Leishmania infantum. The protective immune response against VL is cellular immunity through Th1 CD4+, which dominant chemokiens are IL12, IFN- γ  and IL18 and lead to Th1 response. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) on IL-18 gene and its relation to IL18 levels in blood and IL18 function have been studied in many inflammatory diseases such as Behcect’s disease and tuberculosis. According to the important role of IL-18 in immunity against visceral leishmaniasis, this study was conducted to demonstrate the prevalence of genotypes on -607A/C in promoter region of IL-18 gene.

Materials and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study was done on 91 pateints with confirmed VL, 105 healthy sero-negative controls and 78 seropositive controls during 1999-2009. Salting out method was used to extract DNA and ARMS-PCR was used to determine the genotype of -607A/C allele of individuals. Statistical analysis of genotypes was performed using Chi-Square test.

Results: According to the results, -607C/C was the dominant genotype among the groups (35.8%). Distribution of genotypes among groups had not any significant difference. The lowest genotype among healthy sero-positive and patients were -607A/C and -607A/A, respectively. Statistical analysis of distribution of genotypes, did not reveal any significant difference among groups.

Conclusion: The dominant genotypes of VL patients, healthy sero-negatives and healthy sero-positives were -607C/C (38.5%), -607A/C (37.1%) and -607C/C (35.9%) respectively.

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Background and Objective: Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser (MRKH) syndrome is characterized by Mullerian duct aplasia in an XX individual with female phenotype presenting primary amenorrhea at adolescence. This study was done to determine the mutations of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene including DF508, G542X, N1303K, W1282X in patients with MRKH syndrome. Methods: This case-control study was performed on 25 females with MRKH syndrome and 25 healthy females. Blood sample was taken from each subject. DNA genomic was isolated by standard methods and common mutations of CFTR gene analyzed by ARMS-PCR. Results: DF508 gene was found in 3 in case and one individual in control group. G542X, N1303K and W1282X gene was not detected. Conclusion: DF508 gene was found in 12% of patients with MRKH syndrome.