background epidemiological information on tuberculosis (tb) is required to plan control and prevention strategies and to inform service delivery systems. the aim of present study was to determine the epidemiological status of tb in hamadan province covering a seven-year period.   methods in this cross-sectional study all registered tb patients suffering from any form of smear-positive, smear-ne...

introduction: rabies is one of the most important infectious diseases and animal bites are increasing in iran. due to the significance of the subject, the current study was designed and conducted with the aim of determining animal bite status and its contributors in aq-qala district, golestan province, iran. materials and methods: this is a data-based study with descriptive approach carried out...

conclusions in professional youth soccer injury rates are reasonably low. muscle injuries are the most common type of injuries while groin and thigh the most common locations. artificial turf pitches don’t seem to contribute to injury incidence in young football players. results a total of 107 injuries (35 from the op and 72 from the yp) were recorded during an exposure time of 83.760 hours (in...

background: the present study aimed to identify the spatial distribution of tuberculosis and determine the tb control program parameters in the regions supervised by shiraz university of medical sciences in 2006-2012. methods: the present ecological study was performed on 1797 tb patients in shiraz university in 2006-2012 which were recorded by health centers using tb register software. the stu...

background: population‑based estimates of traffic accidents (tas) are not readily available for developing countries. this study examined the contribution of socioeconomic status (ses) to the risk of ta among iranian adult s. methods: a total of 64,200people aged ≥18years were identified from 2008 urban health equity assessment and response tool (urban heart) survey. 22,128 households were inte...

background: the presence of noncutaneous neoplasms does not seem to increase the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma; however, it seems to be associated with the development of other hematological, brain, breast, uterine, and prostatic neoplasms. an ecological transversal study was conducted to study the geographic association between cutaneous malignant melanoma and 24 localizations of cancer...

background ulcerative colitis (uc), as the prototype of inflammatory bowel disease of the large bowel, is increasing in iran and other developing countries. there are few studies that discuss the properties of this disease in the islamic republic of iran. the result of this review may provide a general consensus about the epidemiological features of uc in iran. methods this was a qualitative, s...

hypothermia is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality especially in low-income settings. to control this problem in countries such as iran a full knowledge of the situation is of great importance. a review was performed both in persian and english, including international databases. totally 934 articles were reviewed and finally five articles were selected. the incidence of neon...

conclusions given the prevalence of most gastrointestinal parasites, the hiv-positive patients show a weak immune system and higher sensitivity for infection particularly for opportunistic parasites. so, routine stool tests for detection of intestinal parasites are very useful for people with weakened immune systems. results the prevalence of intestinal parasites was 48.8%, which shows a high p...

background reduction mammaplasty (rm) is among the commonly performed procedures by plastic surgeons. occult breast cancers are rarely detected in these specimens. the purpose of the study was to describe histopathological evaluation of reduction mammaplasty specimens to detect occult breast cancer in southern iran. methods the histological diagnosis of 350 rm specimens from 175 patients to det...