Background: Among the available data provided by health information systems, data on mortality are commonly used not only as health indicators but also as socioeconomic development indices. Recognizing that in Iran accurate data on causes of death were not available, the Deputy of Health in the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOH&ME) established a new comprehensive system for death re...

BACKGROUND Haematophagous females of some phlebotomine sandflies are the only natural vectors of Leishmania species, the causative agents of leishmaniasis in many parts of the tropics and subtropics, including Iran. We report the presence of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) major and Phlebotomus (Adlerius) halepensis in Tonekabon (Mazanderan Province) and Phlebotomus (Larroussius) tobbi in Pakdasht (T...

BACKGROUND Network scale-up is an indirect method for estimating the size of hidden, hard-to-count or high risk populations. Social network size estimation is the first step in this method. The present study was conducted with the purpose of estimating the social network size of the Tehran Province residents and its determinants. METHODS Maximum Likelihood Estimation was applied to estimate p...

I. Mahdavi, Department of Industrial Engineering, Mazandaran University of Science and Technology, Babol, Iran M. M. Paydar, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran M. Solimanpur, Faculty of Engineering, Urmia University, Urmia, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran M. Saidi-Mehrabad, Department of Industrial Engineering, Iran University of Science...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision selected population at Tehran province, Iran in 2006. METHODS A population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural and urban population of Tehran province, Iran. The study design was based on the World Health Organization (WHO) criteria and a pilot study. Multi-stage cluster random sampling method was ...

introduction of ostrich (struthio camelus domesticus), a new exotic host species to a new ecosystem likeiran, necessitates the study of its infectious diseases including parasitic infestations. for a period of one year, from 2002–03, faecal samples of 254 ostriches on 5 farms located at different parts of iran, includinggarmsar, semnan province (n = 85); nashtaroud, mazandaran province (n = 29)...

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or kala-azar mainly affects children in endemic areas. This study was conducted to determine the seroprevalence of VL using direct agglutination test (DAT) in children living in rural districts of Alborz Province located 30 km from Tehran capital city of Iran. Multi-stage cluster random sampling was applied. Blood samples were randomly collected from 1,007 children u...

Introduction of ostrich (Struthio camelus domesticus), a new exotic host species to a new ecosystem likeIran, necessitates the study of its infectious diseases including parasitic infestations. For a period of one year, from 2002–03, faecal samples of 254 ostriches on 5 farms located at different parts of Iran, includingGarmsar, Semnan province (n = 85); Nashtaroud, Mazandaran province (n = 29)...