BACKGROUND Ticks are the main vectors for transmission of different pathogens to human and animals. This survey was performed to find out distribution of ticks, which infested the domestic ruminants in Yazd Province, central Iran during year 2008-2009. METHODS A total number of 30 villages from both mountainous (20%) and plateau (80%) regions of the province were selected randomly. Ticks were...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most prevalent kind of cancer among women in Iran. Regarding the importance of cancer prevention and considerable variation of breast cancer incidence in different parts of the country, it is necessary to recognize regions with high incidence of breast cancer and evaluate the role of potential risk factors by use of advanced statistical models. The present study ...

BACKGROUND To determine the prevalence and characteristics of diabetic retinopathy (DR) among Iranian patients with diabetes. METHODS DESIGN population-based cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS patients with diabetes aged 25 to 64 years in Tehran province, Iran. This survey was conducted from April to October 2007. The study sample was derived from the first national survey of risk facto...

seroepidemiology study of hepatitis e virus infection in tehran province: a population based study     mohebbi sr [1] , rostaminejad m [2] , ebrahim tahaei s m [3] , pourhoseingholi ma [4] , habibi m [5] , azimzadeh p [6] , naghoosi h [7] , derakhshan f [8] , zali mr [9]     received: 26 jan, 2011 accepted: 19 apr, 2011     abstract:   background & aims : hepatitis e virus (hev) is the second p...

We present a case of a 33-year-old female with a slow growing, right peribronchial vascular mass and associated symptoms of progressive cough, dyspnea on exertion, and hemoptysis. On routine diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy with needle biopsy, the lesion hemorrhaged extensively requiring emergent thoracotomy, right lower and middle bilobectomy. The histopathology of the specimen was consistent ...