This is a study on the ecology of poliomyelitis in the State of Connecticut. It has been undertaken to see what the experience with this disease has been in this state, with particular reference to certain local epidemiologic features, such as (a) its geographic, seasonal, and age distribution, and (b) a comparison of the findings with those of typhoid fever. In particular, the effort has been ...

The aim of this study was to investigate thyroid hormone levels in horses stabled in two different locations on the island of Sicily. The study was carried out on a total of 72 clinically healthy Sanfratellano horses ranging in age from 5 to 9 years and weighing 585 ± 40 kg. The results showed higher thyroxine values (P < 0.02) in horses stabled in an endemic goitre area (group II) than those o...

backgrounds: iodine deficiency disorder is a major public health problem in areas where there is a lack of iodine in drinking water, soil, and food. this study was carried out to assess the prevalence of goiter among school children in the age group of 6-10 years in khorramabad city. also, the level of urine iodine was evaluated.   methods: the study was conducted from january 2012 to january 2...

aims: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a prevalent parasitological disease with diverse clinical manifestations in iran. therefore, the present retrospective study carried out to describe the demographic features of cutaneous leishmaniasis in ramshir, iran. materials & methods: this descriptive study was performed on 136 cutaneous leishmaniasis patients whose data were recorded in the ramshir health ...

background &amp; aim: chaharmahal va bakhtiari province contains several major floristic plant associations of central zagros mountains. kallar species were used for medicines nutrias in this area. however, these valuable species have been threatened and even become at risk of extinction due to habitat fragmentation and disturbance. therefore, the first step in protecting theses species is iden...

BACKGROUND Shigellosis is rare in Taiwan, with an average annual incidence rate of 1.68 cases per 100,000 persons in 2000-2007. However, the incidence rate for a mountainous township in eastern Taiwan, Zhuoxi, is 60.2 times the average rate for the entire country. Traveling between Zhuoxi's 6 villages (V1-V6) is inconvenient. Disease transmission among the villages/tribes with endemic shigellos...

Leprosy is endemic in large part of Brazil with 28,761 new patients in 2015, the second largest number worldwide and reaches 9/10.000 in highly endemic regions and 2.7/10.000 in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeast Brazil. For better understanding of risk factors for leprosy transmission, we conducted an epidemiologic study supplemented by 17 locus VNTR and SNP 1-4 typing of Mycobacterium le...

To the Editor: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is the only virus in the genus Hepevirus, which is the only member of the family Hepeviridae. HEV is the causative agent of acute hepatitis E, a moderately severe enteric disease with death rates <4% in the general population and >30% in pregnant woman (1). The virus is transmitted primarily by the fecal-oral route associated with consumption of contaminat...

background: endemic relapsing fever remains under diagnosed in our area according to a low index of suspicion among clinicians, as well as its difficult diagnosis. the goal of this study was to present the epidemiological aspects of the disease in western iran. methods: in this analytical-descriptive cross-sectional study, the epidemiological and clinical aspects of relapsing fever were investi...