Mehrdad Ravanshad
Associate Professor
Speciality: Medical Virology
  • BS/BA: Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • MS: Medical Virology
  • PhD: Clinical Virology
  • Phone: 82883836
  • Fax: 82883836
  • Email: ravanshad@gmail.com
    • Address: Department of Virology, Faculty of Medical Sciences
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Articles

1. M.Ravanshad, F.Sabahi, F.Mahboudi, M.H.Roostaee, R.Sarami Forooshani, A.Kazemnejad; An Accurate Confirmation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) and 2 (HIV-2) Infections with a Dot blot assay Using Recombinant p24, gp41, gp120 and gp36 Antigens. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2004; Vol. 1: p193-200.

2. M. Ravanshad, F. Sabahi, F. Mahboudi & A. Kazemnejad; Evaluation of a new dot blot assay for confirmation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and 2 (HIV-2) infections using recombinant p24, gp41, gp120 and gp36 antigens. Saudi Medical Journal. 2006; Vol. 27(1): p31-36.

3. M.Ravanshad, F.Mahboudi, F.Sabahi, A.Kazemnejad; Densitometric analysis of Dot blot assays for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and 2 antibodies. Saudi Medical Journal. 2006; Vol. 27(3): p447-448.

4. M.Ravanshad, M.H.Roustai, A.Mostafaee, F.Sabahi, M.Ziyaeyan; A Rapid Modified Antibody-Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection HSV-1 Primary Infection in Human. Shiraz Medical Journal. 2006; Vol. 7(2).

5. J.Doozandeh, M.Ravanshad, S.Amell Jamehdar, F.Sabahi; A Rapid RT-Nested PCR for Detection Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 and 2. SJIBTO, 2007; Vol. 3(4): p309-315.

6. M.Ravanshad, F.Sabahi, F.Mahboudi; Quantification Analysis of Dot Blot Assays for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and 2 Antibodies. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 2007; Vol. 10 (2): p210-215.

7. SR.Mohebbi, M.Ravanshad, F.Sabahi; Developing ELISA Assay to Detect HIV P24 Antigenemia. Daneshvar Medicine, 2007; Vol. 5 (71): p65-72.

8. J.Doozandeh, M.Ravanshad, M.Rasouli, F.Sabahi, A.Alborzi; Development of Visual DNA Chip to Detect Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 Infection. Modares Journal of Medical Sciences, 2007; Vol. 10(1): p9-16.

9. Z.Khanlari, M.Ravanshad, M.Rasouli, M.Ziyaeyan; A Novel Sensitive Multiplex RT-PCR ELISA Method for Detection HIV-1/HCV co-infection.Modares Journal of Medical Sciences, 2008; Vol. 11(1&2): p57-63.

10. Z.Khanlari, M.Ravanshad, M.Rasouli, M.Ziyaeyan, Sh.Falahi; Comparison of Multiplex PCR-ELISA and Conventional Multiplex PCR for Detection of HIV-1/HCV co-infection. Iranian Journal of Microbiology, 2010; Vol. 1(4): p3-8.

11. Sh.Falahi, M.Ravanshad, A.Kenarkoohi, A.Mohammad Karimi; Sero-Prevalence of CMV in Woman's with Spontaneous Abortion in Kowsar Hospital, Ilam during 2007-2008. Modares Journal of Medical Sciences:Pathobiology, 2010; Vol. 12(4): p39-43.

12. Sh.Falahi, M.Ravanshad, A.Kenarkoohi, R.Ghanbari, M.Haji Abdolbaghi; Evaluation of Touchdown Nested PCR to Circumvent Spurious Priming and Increase Specificity during HIV and GBV-C Gene Amplification. Armaghan Danesh, 2010; Vol. 14(4): p12-22.

13. R.Ghanbari, M.Ravanshad, SY.Hosseini, K.Shahzamani; Detection of Hepatitis G Virus (GBV-C) in Chronic Hepatitis C Patient by RT-Nested PCR. Govaresh, 2010, Vol. 14(3): p153-160.

14. R.Ghanbari, M.Ravanshad, SY.Hosseini, R.Yaghobi, K.Shahzamani; Genotyping and Infection Rate of GBV-C among Iranian HCV-Infected Patients. Hepatitis Monthly, 2010, Vol. 10(2): p80-87.

15. Sh.Falahi, M.Ravanshad, A.Kenarkoohi; Development of a New- Fast and Sensitive One Step/One Tube Nested RT-PCR Method in Closed System by Double-Joint Primer for Detection HCV Infection. Modares Journal of Medical Sciences:Pathobiology, 2010; 13(2): 23-42.

16. K.Baesi, M.Ravanshad, SY. Hosseini, M.Haji Abdolbaghi, K.Shahzamani; Phylogenetic Analysis of pol Gene (RT Sequence) of HIV-1 among Iranian AIDS Patients. SJIBTO, 2010; 7(2): 94-100.

17. M.Shenagari, M.Ravanshad, SY. Hosseini, R.Ghanbari; Detection and Prevalence of Polyomavirus BK among kidney Transplant Patients in Iran. IRCMJ, 2010; 12(6); 624-628.

18. A.Kenarkoohi, M.Ravanshad, M.Rasouli, Z.Sharifi, Sh.Falahi; High prevalence of TORQUE TENO virus in patients with hepatitis C in Shiraz: 2008-2009. AMUJ; 2011; 13(53): 87-95.

19. M.Ravanshad, F.Sabahi, Sh.Falahi, A.kenarkoohi, S. Amini-Bavil-Olyaee, S.Y. Hosseini, H.Riahi-Madvar, S.Khanizade; Prediction of hepatitis B virus lamivudine resistance based on YMDD sequence data using an artificial neural network model. Hepat Mon; 2011; 11(2):108-113.

20. S.Y.Hosseini, F.Sabahi, M.H.Modarresi, S.M.Moazzeni, M.Saberi-firoozi; M.Ravanshad, D.Mehrabani, M.Mojarrad; Cloning and evaluation of expression of a novel overlapping region of NS3 gene of Hepatitis C virus by expressing vector. Modares Journal of Medical Sciences:Pathobiology; 2011; 13(4): 21-31.

21. K. Arjmandi, R. Yaghobi, M. Ravanshad, S.Y. Hosseini, J. Roozbeh, and M. Pakfetrat; Laboratory Effect of HBV Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients and Donors. Transplantation Proceedings; 2011; 43, 554–556.

22. Sh.Falahi, M.Ravanshad, A.Kenarkoohi; Application of new Degenerate Primer Set for Simultaneous Isolation of Hypervariable Subunit of ENV Gene from Distinct HIV-1 Genotypes. Rahavard Danesh, 2010; 57; 60 - 68.

23. K.Baesi, M.Ravanshad, SY Hosseini, M.Hajiabdolbaghi; Drug resistance profile and subtyping of HIV-1 RT gene in Iranian patients under treatment. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology; 2012; 10; 1 – 7.

24. K.Baesi, M.Ravanshad, M.Ghanbari, E.Saberfar, M.Hajiabdolbaghi. Drug Resistance of HIV-1 protease gene among AIDS patients in Iranian research center for AIDS. Modares Journal of Medical Sciences; 2012; 14(3); 2 – 9.

25. L.Yazdani, M.Ravanshad, Z.Khanlari, R.Yaghoubi. Application of Semi Nestedd PCR RFLP for detection and genotyping GBV-C among HBV infected patients. Modares Journal of Medical Sciences; 2012 (accepted for publication).

Books

1. M.H.Roostaee, M.Ravanshad, Z.Meshkat; Practical Methods in Cloning and Recombinant Protein Production of HSV, Tarbiat Modaress University Publications, 1st Edition, 2003, Tehran, Iran.

2. Sh.Falahi, A.Kenarkoohi, J.Rajbari; Supervisor: M.Ravanshad; Application of Recombinant DNA Technology in DNA Vaccine Synthesis; Dibaj Publications, 1st Edition, 2009, Tehran, Iran.

3. Sh.Falahi, J.Rajbari, A.Kenarkoohi, F.Doostdar; Supervisor: M.Ravanshad, M.Farajolahy; Fundamental of Bacteriophages and Application in Biological Sciences; Khosravi Publications, 1st Edition, 2009, Tehran, Iran.

4. Sh.Falahi, A.Kenarkoohi, F.Gorjipour; Supervisor: M.Ravanshad; Introduction to AIDS and HIV; Khosravi Publications, 1st Edition, 2009, Tehran, Iran.

Papers Presented in Congresses

1. M.Ravanshad, M.H.Roostaee, A.Mostafaee, F.Sabahi, H.Soleimanjahi, “Development and Application of Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay to Detect and Measure Human Herpes Simplex Virus type one IgM”, 1st International Congress on Virology, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 2002.

2. M.Ravanshad, M.H.Roostaee, A.Mostafaee, F.Sabahi, “A Rapid Modified Antibody-Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection HSV-1 Primary Infection in Human”, 10th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Singapore, March. 2002.

3. M.Ziyaeyan, M.H.Roostaee, M.Ravanshad, M.S.H.Shahrabadi, H.Soleimanjahi, “Virological and Sero-Epidemiological Patterns of Herpes Simplex Virus Infections among Pregnant Women in Three Areas of Tehran”, 1st International Congress on Virology, Tehran, Iran, Feb. 2002.

4. M.Ziyaeyan, M.H.Roostaee, M.Ravanshad, M.S.H.Shahrabadi, “Virological and Sero-Epidemiological Patterns of Herpes Simplex Virus Infections among Pregnant Women in Tehran”, 10th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Singapore, March. 2002.

5. M.H.Roostaee, M.Ravanshad, F.Roodbari, A.Mostafaee, H.Soleimanjahi, F.Sabahi, “Application of ELISA for Detection of IgM Antibodies Against Measles Virus and Human Herpes virus”, 10th International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), Singapore, Spring 2002.

6. M.Ravanshad, M.H.Roostaee, A.Mostafaee, F.Sabahi, “A Rapid Modified Antibody-Capture Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection of HSV Primary Infection in Human”, 13rd European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ECCMID), Glasgow, May 2003.

7. M.Ravanshad, F.Mahboodi, F.Sabahi, M.H.Roostaee, “Development and Application of a Dot Blot Assay for Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and 2 Using Recombinant p24, gp41 and gp36 Proteins from Iranian Strains”, 14th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (ECCMID), Prague, Czech Republic, May 2004.

8. M.Ravanshad, F.Mahboodi, F.Sabahi, M.H.Roostaee, “Diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 and 2 Infection in Laboratory by EIAs”, 2nd International Congress on Virology, Tehran, Iran, winter 2004.

9. M.Ravanshad, F.Mahboodi, F.Sabahi, M.H.Roostaee, “An Accurate and Reliable Confirmation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) and 2 (HIV-2) infections with an Immunoblot assay Using Recombinant p24, gp41, gp120 and gp36 Antigens”, 12th International Congress of Immunology and 4th annual Conference of FOCIS, Montreal, Canada, July 2004.

10. M.Ravanshad, F.Mahboodi, F.Sabahi, M.H.Roostaee, “Evaluation of a New Dot Blot Assay for Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and 2 Using Recombinant p24, gp41 and gp36 Proteins”, 15th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 2005.

11. R.Mohebi, M.Ravanshad, F.Sabahi, F.Mahboudi, "Development of a new p24 Antigenaemia Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus", 15th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Copenhagen, Denmark, April 2005.

12. R.Mohebi, F.Sabahi, M.Ravanshad, M.Mahdavi, F.Mahboudi, A.Arefian, "A modified Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for Detection of HIV-1 P24 Antigenemia among Iranian Infected Patients", 1st Iranian Seminar on Immunity and Infections, March 2005.

13. S.Amel, F.Sabahi, M.Forouzandeh Moghadam, A.Kazemnejad, F.Mahboudi, M.Ravanshad, “Quantification of Human Immunodeficiency virus type 1 RNA by SYBR Green real time RT-PCR”, 3rd Iranian Congress of Virology, January 2006.

14. S.Amel, F.Sabahi, M.Forouzandeh Moghadam, A.Kazemnejad, F.Mahboudi, M.Ravanshad, “Quantification of proviral genome in infected patients with HIV by Real-Time PCR”, 3rd Iranian Congress of Virology, January 2006.

15. M. Ravanshad, J. Doozandeh, F. Sabahi, S. Amell, "A Sensitive RT-nested PCR for Detection Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection". 12th International Congress of Infectious Disease, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006.

16. M. Ravanshad, F. Mahboudi, F. Sabahi, S. Bayanolhagh, "Semi-quantification Analysis of Dot Blot Assays for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and 2 Antibodies", 12th International Congress of Infectious Disease, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006.

17. M. Ravanshad, F. Sabahi, F. Mahboudi, S. Bayanolhagh, "Seven Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Antigen-Antibody Combination Assays: Evaluation of HIV Seroconversion Sensitivity and Subtype Detection". 12th International Congress of Infectious Disease, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006.

18. M. Ravanshad, R.Mohebi, F. Mahboudi, F. Sabahi, "Evaluation of An Ultra sensitive Fourth Generation HIV Screening Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) in Infants", 12th International Congress of Infectious Disease, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006.

19. S.Amel, F.Sabahi, M.Forouzandeh Moghadam, M.Haji Abdolbaghi, A.Kazemnejad, M.Ravanshad, F.Mahboudi, “Quantification Detection of HIV-1 RNA in Iranian Patients Treated with Antiretroviral Therapy by Real-Time PCR”, 12th International Congress of Infectious Disease, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006.

20. M. Ravanshad, Sabahi F., Mahboudi F., Bayanolhagh S., Densitometric analysis of Dot blot assays for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and 2 antibodies, AIDS 2006, Toronto, Canada, 2006.

21. J.Doozandeh, Ravanshad M., Sabahi F., Amel S., Development of a Sensitive RT-Nested PCR for Detection HIV-1 Infection. 9th Iranian Genetic Congress, Tehran, Iran, May 2006.

22. J.Doozandeh, Ravanshad M., Rasouli M., Sabahi F, Amel S. Alborzi A, Development of Visual DNA Chip for Detection HIV-1 Infection. 14thNational & 2nd International Congress of Biology, Tehran, Iran, 2006.

23. M. Ravanshad, Rasooli M, Ziyaeyan M, Kiany S., Epidemiology and antibody prevalence of mumps in Shiraz, Iran. American Society for Virology 26th Annual Meeting, July 14 - 18, 2007.

24. M. Ravanshad, Sabahi F., Mahboudi F., Indeterminate human immunodeficiency virus Western blot results in Iranian patients with discordant screening assay results. American Society for Virology 26th Annual Meeting, July 14 - 18, 2007.

25. Ghanbari R., Ravanshad M., Hossini SY., Shahzamani K., Sabahi F., Samadi M., Mousavifard SH., High prevalence of GBV-C infection among patients with hepatitis C virus in Iran. The 5th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Nov 24 – 26, 2007.

26. Khanlari Z., Hossini SY., Ravanshad M., Ghanbari R., Sabahi F., Baesi K., Shahzamani K., Saber firoozi M., Yaghoubi R., Mehrabani D., Detection of HCV/HGV coinfection by using a sensitive Multiplex Nested PCR. The 5th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Nov 24 – 26, 2007.

27. Khanlari Z., Ravanshad M., Rasouli M., Hossini SY., Alborzi A., A novel sensitive Multiplex RT-PCR ELISA method for detection of HIV-1/HCV co-infection. The 2nd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 7 – 9, 2008.

28. Baesi K., Ravanshad M., Hossini SY., Shahzamani K., Haji Abdolbaghi M., Phylogenetic analysis of HIV-1 pol gene (RT sequence) among Iranian infected patients. The 2nd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 7 – 9, 2008.

29. Baesi K., Ravanshad M., Hossini SY., Shahzamani K., Haji Abdolbaghi M., Application of RT-Nested PCR to detect drug resistance of RT gene in HIV-1 infected patients. The 2nd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 7 – 9, 2008.

30. Khanlari Z., Ravanshad M., Rasouli M., Hossini SY., Alborzi A., Diagnosis of HIV-1, HCV and GBV-C co-infection with multiplex PCR. The 2nd Iranina Congress of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 7 – 9, 2008.

31. Ravanshad M., Shenagari M., Hossini SY., Ghanbari R., A novel GAP-PCR for detection and differentiation of BK and JC virus infections. American Society for Virology 27th Annual Meeting, July 12 - 16, 2008.

32. Ravanshad M., Ghanbari R., Hossini SY., Yaghoubi R., Shenagari M., Genotyping and prevalence of GBV-C in Iranian HCV infected patients. American Society for Virology 27th Annual Meeting, July 12 - 16, 2008.

33. Ravanshad M., Ghanbari R., Hossini SY., Yaghoubi R., Shahzamani K., Shenagari M., Evaluation of prevalence, genotyping and impact on liver of GB virus type C in Iranian HCV infected patients. American Society for Virology 27th Annual Meeting, July 12 - 16, 2008.

34. Khanlari Z., Ravanshad M., Rasouli M., Ziyaeyan M., Sensitivity comparison of PCR ELISA and conventional PCR in HIV/ HCV coinfection. 5th Iranian Congress of Virology & 1st Congress of Vaccine, May 1 – 3, 2009.

35. Hosseini SY., Sabahi F., Modarressi MH., Moazzeni SM., Saberi Firoozi M., Mehrabani D., Ravanshad M., Mojarrad M., Construction of recombinant adenovirus vector containing Hepatitis C virus core gene for vaccine and basic researches purposes 5th Iranian Congress of Virology & 1st Congress of Vaccine, May 1 – 3, 2009.

36. Kenarkoohi A., Ravanshad M., Rasouli M., Hossini SY., Falahi Sh., Baghban A., Molecular detection of Torque Teno Virus in plasma samples of HCV infected patients in Iran. 3rd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 6 – 8, 2009.

37. Baghban A., Ravanshad M., Falahi Sh., Kenarkoohi A., Detection of HIV-1 protease gene sequence using RT-Nested PCR for drug resistance analysis. 3rd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 6 – 8, 2009.

38. Kenarkoohi A., Ravanshad M., Rasouli M., Falahi Sh., Baghban A., Simultaneous detection of Multiplex- amplified Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 RNA and Torque Teno Virus DNA using a PCR protocol. 3rd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 6 – 8, 2009.

39. Falahi Sh., Ravanshad M., Kenarkoohi A., Baghban A., Development of a sensitive Semi-Nested RT-PCR for detection of HIV-1 hyper variable region from different genotypes for phylogenetic analysis. 3rd Iranian Congress of Clinical Microbiology, Oct 6 – 8, 2009.

40. Ravanshad M., Baesi K., Hossini SY., Haji Abdolbaghi M., Application of RT- Nested PCR to detect drug resistance of RT gene in HIV-1 infected Iranian patients. American Society for Virology 28th Annual Meeting, July 11 - 15, 2009.