a small clinical and serological survey to determine the prevalence and severity of trachoma was conducted in 11 iranian villages located in the dezful and kazerun areas. no evidence of severe active disease or severe squeal was found among the 389 individuals examined. seventy-seven per cent of those examined were more than 12 years of age. the prevalence of active trachoma by clinical examina...

background: chlamydia trachomatis (ct) is a common cause of sexually transmitted infections (sti) and a prevalent microorganism found in the vaginal discharge of sexually active women. the infection usually has no symptoms; although it may cause chronic complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease (pid), ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, tubal infertility and cervical cancer. this st...

BACKGROUND Farmer's lung (FL) is a common type of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. It is often considered that fibrosis is the most frequent finding in chronic FL. Nevertheless, three cohort studies have suggested that some patients with chronic FL may develop emphysema. We aimed to evaluate the current prevalence of emphysema in active FL, to describe the radiological and functional features of e...

Silicosis, an interstitial lung disease caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica powder, despite being one of the oldest occupational diseases, continues being a cause of morbidity and mortality all over the world. The World Health Organisation and the International Labour Organisation (OMS/ILO), aware of the current problem, have designed the World Programme for the Elimination of Silico...

Higher plants are a potential source of new drugs to improve the treatment of Chagase disease, which is affecting 16-18 million people, with more than 100 million exposed to the risk of infection (Ambrozin et al., 2004; Coura & Castro, 2002). Current therapy is unsatisfactory, because the only two drugs available, benznidazole and nifortimox possess severe side effects and their activity is lim...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relation of personality traits with depression in active and non – active elderly women in tehran city. methods & materials: the present research is descriptive–correlation. for this purpose, 188 elderly women (94 active and 94 non - active elders) in the age range of 63-82 in tehran city availably selected as statistical sample. meas...