Seventy poultry farms’ drinking water was tested for Escherichia coli contamination in Qom province inIran. The cases of colibacillosis from positive farms were also collected and tested. The isolates wereexamined for serotype, detection of virulence genes by multiplex PCR and antibiotic resistance. Thirtypoultry farm water samples were E. coli positive (18.57%), although 13 E. coli isolates we...

background and aims: coronary heart diseases (chds) contribute to mortality, morbidity, disability, productivity and quality of life. this study was aimed to determine the prevalence of major risk factors for chd in the provinces of iran. methods:this study reported pre-existing data and was of secondary, descriptive type. prevalence of non-communicable disease (ncd) risk factors was defined fo...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a common disorder which happens when the balance of bacterial flora in vagina is disrupted by a shift in concentration of lactobacillus and pathogenic bacteria.It has significant sequelae including increased rates of late miscarriage when diagnosed in early pregnancy, premature rupture of the membranes, endometritis, preterm labour and deliv...

visceral leishmaniasis (vl) or kala-azar is considered as a parasitic disease caused by the species of leishmania donovani complex which is intracellular parasites. this systemic disease is endemic in some parts of provinc-es of iran. the aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of vl in qom province, central iran using di-rect agglutination test (dat).overall, 1564 serum samples (...

Confirmation of cost-effective and reliable tracers for aeolian sediment (sand dune) source fingerprinting warrants further research. Accordingly, the main objective work reported in this paper was to investigate efficiency weathering indices using a case study fragile arid region Qom Province, Iran. Eight geochemical elements (Al, Ca, Fe, K, Na, Mg, Si, Ti) 17 associated were measured 34 sampl...

Background Trichomonas vaginalis (T.vaginalis) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (N.gonorrhoeae) are two most common non-viral sexually transmitted infections in the world. No data are available regarding the epidemiology of genital infections in women of Qom, central Iran. Objective Epidemiological investigation of sexually transmitted infections in genital specimens of women referred to the referra...

background: recent studies have demonstrated controversial results and somewhat increased frequency of multiple  sclerosis  (ms). we reevaluated  the  files of  ms patients  from qom province of iran in order to investigate the epidemiology of the disease. methods:   demographic   and  clinical records  of  592  ms patients  were reviewed, which included; age, sex, date  of birth, marital and o...