oral cancer is considered a great threat to public health. tongue cancer accounts for nearly 30% of all oral cancers and usually seen in 50 to 60 year old men. oropharyngeal cancers account for 3% of all cancers in iran; as reported in 2003. the present study was designed to assess the epidemiologic and clinicopathologic characteristics of tongue cancer patients in two tehran's referral univers...

background: toxic exposures in childhood are major health concern. in this hospital-based study, we sought to investigate socio-epidemiological factors contributing to acute pediatric poisoning in chennai, tamil nadu, india. methods: this prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the kanchi kamakoti childs trust hospital (kkcth), a tertiary care hospital for children in chennai. childr...

background :   tuberculosis  is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. approximately 10-20% of tuberculosis is extra- pulmonary tuberculosis (eptb), which is much higher (50%) in patients suffering from immunity defects such as aids. eptb diagnosis is difficult mostly because of various clinical manifestations  and aggressive  procedures needed for its diagnosis....

brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that is widely distributed throughout the developing countries.in this review, an overview of the epidemiological and epizootic status of brucellosis in islamic republic of iran is presented. in iran, the disease was first recognized in 1932, which is now endemic in the entire country. the first animal vaccination program was carried out in 1949. brucellosis ha...

the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hydatidosis in lorestan province during a 10 year period (2005-2014). we surveyed medical records of infected patients with hydatid cyst who had been operated in referral hospitals of lorestan province, iran. several parameters were analyzed including age, gender, place of residency, hospitalization time, and the location of cysts. cystic...

objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the epidemiological aspects of childhood tuberculosis in kermanshah, iran. results: 35% of cases were male and 65% were female. of total 150 tuberculosis cases, 56% were pulmonary and 44% were extra pulmonary. the most common symptoms were fever and cough. about 16% were asymptomatic. about 17% of patients had adult pulmonary tuberculosis in the...

the goal of this talk will be to familiarize the audience with the nature and prevalence of anxiety disorders and document their impact on society. anxiety is the most common form of psychopathology affecting an estimated one in four people at some point during their lifetimes. in comparison to all types of diseases and injuries, a 2013 jama report indicated that anxiety disorders were the fift...

introduction: nowadays, despite socio-economic development of communities and controlling majority of communicable diseases, tuberculosis is still one of the main causes of mortality and disability in developing countries. with respect to importance and high incidence of tuberculosis in marginal provinces, the present study aimed to assess the epidemiology of tuberculosis in khuzestan province ...

introduction : rabies is a disease that has been known since antiquity. it is a highly fatal acute disease of the central nervous system caused by a lyssavirus. prior to the discovery of the rabies vaccine, rabies-infected individuals fell victim to the delusions and superstitions associated with this disease. though it has been neglected in many regions of the world, rabies remains one of the ...

whooping cough and diphtheria are vaccine preventable diseases. diphtheria, due to corynebacterium diphtheriae or corynebactium ulcerans, two gram positive bacteria, is a serious upper respiratory tract disease with high morbidity and mortality rates. vaccination, via an acellular vaccine composed only of purified, detoxified diphtheria toxin, has significantly reduced the incidence of the dise...