in early 1990, an outbreak of measles occurred in kerman, (population 257, 284) iran. overall, 475 cases were identified and four died (case fatality ratio 5.4 per thousand). illness was limited primarily to children below 15 years of age 166 (22.3%) were in children under five, 573 (77%) between 5-14 and six (0.8%) above 15 years of age. the age of the cases ranged from five months to 35 years...

This is the second part of a two-part series article. Recently, we have been in middle difficult time due to Covid-19 pandemic. Pandemics or global epidemics are not new humankind; they occurred many times history. The discourse epidemiology describes mainly causal factors which need be mitigated prevent combat effects epidemics. In epidemiology, concerned for person, but rather every individua...

background :being informed of new methods of teaching and comparing their outcome help teachers use more effective and efficient methods in developing and implementing new training courses. the aim of this study was to examine the efficacy of epidemiology learning software on learning epidemiology courses.   methods : this quasi-experimental study included 101 nursingand midwifery students taki...

epidemiology is the study of disease distribution and factors determining or affecting it. likewise, endodontic epidemiology can be defined as the science of studying the distribution pattern and determinants of pulp and periapical diseases; specially apical periodontitis. although different study designs have been used in endodontics, researchers must pay more attention to study designs with h...