Hydrogeochemical Assessment and Identification of Controlling Factors Chemical Composition Spring Waters in Alashtar Plain, Lorestan Province

Background and aim Echinococcosis as a zoonosis disease is one of the most important parasitic helminth that is affected by many risk factors such as the environmental factors. Thus, we predicted the regional vulnerability to Echinococcosis based on environmental factors using a fuzzy inference system (FIS) in Lorestan Province. Methods Our study was cross-sectional study on 200 patients from...

A 32-year-old man was attacked by flies while camping around Khorram Abad, Lorestan Province, western Iran. Pruritic dermatitis with marked edema and considerable discomfort appeared mainly on the lower legs. The flies were identified as Simulium. Simuliids are tiny bloodsucking flies, popularly known as blackflies or buffalo flies, belonging to the dipterous, family Simulidae. They are occurre...

Introducing Two Fungi Species of Trametes spp. and Their Relationship with some the tree Characteristics Sites factors in Lorestan Province, Iran

*Corresponding author: Dr. Mehrdad Gholami, Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorram Abad, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Background: The exposure of human being to ionize radiation from natural sources is a continuing, inescapable feature of life on earth. Direct measurement of absorbed dose rates in air has been carried out...

BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a group of diseases that are created by intracellular parasites of Leishmania. Cutaneous leishmaniasis is considered as one of the health problems in some provinces of Iran. METHODS In this study, a total of 178 Giemsa-stained slides from confirmed cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were examined. The slides were prepared from the patients with cutaneous leishmaniasi...

Equal distribution of healthcare facilities in order to increase the accessibility of the individuals to services is one of the main pillars in improvement of health. This study was aimed to examine the disparities in access to health care services across the cities of Lorestan province located in west of Iran. This study is a descriptive study. Data related to indicators of institutional and m...

BACKGROUND Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease with global prevalence, which causes considerable health problems and economic losses throughout the world. The aim of this study was to assess the seroepidemiology of CE in Doroud City, Lorestan Province, Iran, considered a neglected endemic location. METHODS An ELISA was performed using recombinant AgB from Apr to Jul 2015 in Lores...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was the seroepidemiological survey for detecting the status of human fasciolosis in Lorestan Province, western Iran. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2015-16. Based on statistical estimations, 1256 serum samples were collected from different parts of Lorestan Province, western Iran, and stored at -20 °C until use. The collected serum samples...