BACKGROUND Typhoid fever is one of the most important infectious diseases transmitted by contaminated food and water. This study aimed at epidemiological features of disease during the last five decades, over the period from 1962-2011. METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted using typhoid fever national surveillance data. RESULTS The highest incidence of typhoid fever wa...

BACKGROUND The HER-2/neu gene is altered in 15-20% of breast cancer patients. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is considered to be the most cost-effective method for HER-2 detection in many countries. Approximately 8,000 new cases of breast cancer are observed annually in Iran. The aims of this study were to conduct a systematic review of the literature on the rate of HER-2-positive breast cancer dia...

the role of blood transfusion as a cause of induced malaria is a known fact, and an increase in this condition has already observed in iran mainly due to the increase in blood transfusions. among cases in whom the onset and course of the disease were followed, it was observed that fever and other symptoms of malaria usually appear about 6 weeks alter the transfusion and appear mainly among pati...

Iranians of whom 52 were females and 109 were males. The median age was 35, the youngest being 18 and the oldest 66 years of age. They represented individuals from all the Iranian regions who live in Tehran, the capital. For the factor V Leiden mutation 9 heterozygotes were found (frequency of 5.5%), with an allele frequency of 2.7% and for the G20210A mutation 5 heterozygotes were found (frequ...

a most important phenomenon among organizational resources is creativity along with mobility of staff, while empowerment being the motivator of creativity and mobility. the purpose of this study was an analysis of management and organizational factors necessary for empowerment of iranian agricultural colleges faculty members. research methodology was a descriptive-survey one. the statistical po...

OBJECTIVES A survival analysis of breast cancer patients in southern Iran according to age has yet to be conducted. This study aimed to quantify the factors contributing to a poor prognosis, using Cox and empirical Bayesian additive hazard (EBAH) models, among young (20-39 years), middle-aged (40-64 years), and elderly (≥ 65 years) women. METHODS Data from 1,574 breast cancer patients diagnos...

BACKGROUND Despite the importance of identifying and screening dyslipidemia to prevent coronary artery diseases CAD(Coronary Artery Disease), little information is available on dyslipidemia in our large area. So the present study aimed to assess the management status of lipid abnormalities and its association with other CAD risk factors in an urban population of southeast of Iran. METHODS Thi...