Background Policy makers need models to be able to detect groups at high risk of HIV infection. Incomplete records and dirty data are frequently seen in national data sets. Presence of missing data challenges the practice of model development. Several studies suggested that performance of imputation methods is acceptable when missing rate is moderate. One of the issues which was of less concern...

background: the aim of the article is demonstrating an application of multiple imputation (mi) for handling missing clinical data in the setting of rheumatologic surveys using data derived from 10291 people participating in the first phase of the community oriented program for control of rheumatic disorders (copcord) in iran . methods: five data subsets were produced from the original data set....

Canine ehrlichiosis is a very important emerging disease in India. This study is the first attempt screening a large number of canines in India for the detection of canine monocytic ehrlichiosis. In the present study, 510 blood samples of dogs were screened for the presence of Ehrlichia canis and other variants of Anaplasmataceae family by serological and molecular methods.Out of the 510 serum ...

canine ehrlichiosis has emerged as one of the most clinically important tick-borne diseases affecting dogs. eighty-five naturally infected dogs have been investigated, the most consistent clinical signs recorded were fever, emaciation and lymphoadenopathy, anemia, monocytosis, thrompocytopenia, hypoalbuminemia, elevation in liver enzymes and total bilirubin were the most remarkable changes asso...

A 17 years old male patient presented with impacted mandibular right canine and partially erupted left canine, overjet of 0.5mm 100% overbite. He was treated fixed orthodontic treatment disimpaction using skeletal anchorage in maxillary arch to avoid undesirable effects on dentition. Pre-treatment post records were taken evaluate the changes.

background: although many studies had been conducted on various aspects of canine visceral leishmaniasis (cvl) in domestic dogs in the endemic areas of iran, investigations on cvl in wild canines are rare. methods : this is a cross-sectional study was conducted from december 2012 to 2013 in northeast of iran where human vl is endemic. wild canines were trapped around the areas where human vl ca...

background: dogs have been previously reported to be reservoirs of leishmania infantum as the etiological agent of human visceral leishmaniasis in iran. we report a case of canine visceral leishmaniasis (vl) caused by l. tropica from the north- west of iran where human visceral leishmaniasis is endemic. methods: the canine vl was initially screened by dipstick rk39 and direct agglutination test...