OBJECTIVE(S) Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 is an oncornavirus that causes adult T cell leukemia (ATL) HTLV-I-associated myelopathy⁄tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Golestan province is located in North West of Khorasan province known as an endemic area for HTLV-I in Iran. This study aimed to evaluate seroprevalence of HTLV-I in Golestan province. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this ...

shahdad and yahya which are two important prehistoric sites in the kerman province, are of most important forarchaeometallurgical studies. during excavations at these sites a number of metal objects have been discovered.moreover, evidence of metal working on the surface testify to manifacturing of metal objects. this also shows that thesite might have experienced craft specialization.the follow...

Roya Safari Faramani, Armita Shahesmaeili, Samira Hosseini Hooshyar, Razieh Khajehkazemi, Maryam Nasirian, Hamid Sharifi, Kianoosh Kamali. Modeling in Health Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; HIV/STI Surveillance Research Center, and WHO Collaborating Center for HIV Surveillance, Institute for Futures Studies in Health...

from march 1980 to march 1989 a total number of 2254 (7.6%) new malignant cases from kerman province were diagnosed by examination of surgical specimens, blood films and bone marrow smears. the crude relative frequency of cancers was studied and compared with other areas of iran. gastric (11.36%) and urinary bladder (7.01 %) carcinomas were significantly more common in kerman province than othe...

1. Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran 2. Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Research Center for Modeling in Health, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran 4. Dept. of Health Management and Economics, Sc...