background: leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease, that due to the incidence, dissemination and scattering throughout different parts of iran is of paramount importance. this study was carried out with the aim of determining the epidemiology of leishmaniasis cutaneous in khatam during 2008-2012. methods: this is a cross-sectional and retrospective study of collected demographic and epidemiologic...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has been associated with cardiac disease, including anatomical or functional disturbance to the heart. Cardiomyopathy (CMP) is one of these disturbances that have been associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In this review article, several aspects of potential relationships between HIV infection and cardiomyopathy development have been...