BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is considered as the second most prevalent cancer in Iran. The present research sought to identify high risk clusters of gastric cancer with mapping using space-time scan statistics. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present research is of descriptive type. The required data were gathered from the registered cancer reports of Cancer Control Office in the Center for Non Commu...

Acanthamoeba, a free-living amoeba, is widely distributed in the environment, water sources, soil, dust, and air. It can cause keratitis in contact lens wearers with poor hygiene and also fatal granulomatous amebic encephalitis (GAE) in immunocompromised hosts. The aim of this study was to gain some insights into the distribution and genotypes of the potentially pathogenic species of Acanthamoe...

BACKGROUND Cell phone is a mere fascinating, as well as entertainment object and serves to keep young individuals in constant contact with their peers; and gives them a feeling of autonomy, identity and credibility. OBJECTIVES Considering the increasing trend of using cell phones, the aim of the current study was to assess the extent to which the students of Mazandaran university of medical s...

The conifer needle scale, Nuculaspis abietis (Schrank) emerged as an important pest of conifers in the Kelardasht region of Mazandaran province, Iran, in the late 1990’s. This pest feeds on conifer needles and twigs causing needle drop and branch desiccation. Its discovery in Kelardasht in Mazandaran Province necessitated a local quarantine of conifers in the genera Picea, Abies, and Pinus. We ...

Background: Mazandaran Province is one of the provinces with a high suicide rate. Therefore, this study aimed to determine epidemiology relief missions following in pre-hospital emergency system University Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This descriptive was conducted from September 2019 2021 department Statistical information related carried out after extracted using data contained na...

parasites are widely distributed and cause many diseases in humans and domestic animals. in this study in order to find prevalent species of intestinal parasites in mazandaran province (northern iran), four cities including pol-sephid, aliabad-katoul, amol and babolsar were studied during 1991-1996. stool samples were preserved in 10% formalin prior to examination by formol-ether concentration ...

*Corresponding author: Shahin Arab. Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 09113233177 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and r...

BACKGROUND The present study aimed to demonstrate the seasonal activities of Ixodes ricinus at the pasture level and on the host. METHODS A vast pasture in Amol countryside (Mazandaran Province, Iran) which had the potential for a considerable number of cattle and sheep to graze was chosen. Tick sampling from the skin of 130 cattle and 130 sheep were collected every month interval. Simultaneo...

BACKGROUND Regarding to the significant of the possibility of the malaria epidemic and nuisance of mosquitoes during the active season, the fauna and some ecological activities of mosquitoes in related to tree holes were investigated from April to December 2009 in Neka county of Mazandaran Province, northern Iran. METHODS Larval collection was carried out from natural, artificial breeding pla...