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...

Changes in Carbon Sequestration and some Edaphic Traits Forest Types of CEntral Zagros (Case Study: The forests Lorestan Province)

Background and Objectives Q fever is a zoonotic disease and farm animals serve as the main reservoir of the disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of Q fever in sheep, in Lorestan province in western Iran. Materials and Methods In this cross-sectional study, 330 blood samples were collected from sheep, from each county in Lorestan province. The samples were tested b...

Needs Assessment and Prioritization Performance of Natural Resources Training Courses by using Combination Method SWOT-AHP (Case Study: Lorestan Province)

BACKGROUND There are little data on the prevalence of serological markers of hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses in pregnant women in Iran. OBJECTIVES This study was designed to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among pregnant women in Lorestan, west of Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS Serum samples of 827 pregnant women who lived in rural (...

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...

Rouhollah Heydari*, Mohammad Hosseini, Mohammad Alimoradi and Sanaz Zarabi Razi Herbal Medicines Research Center, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences PO Bo x 68149-89468, Khorrsamabad, Iran. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran. Department of Chemistr...

This study aimed to investigate the influence of organizational culture on the knowledge management measures in Department of Social Security in Lorestan; the methodology is an applied, descriptive/survey, in terms of objective, the nature and methods, respectively and it is a fieldwork one; the statistical population consisted of N=380 employees of the Social Security Administration of Loresta...

1 Department of Mathematics, Lorestan University, P.O. Box 465, Khoramabad, Iran 2 Department of Civil Engineering, Shahid Chamran University, P.O. Box 135, Ahvaz, Iran 3 School of Engineering and Science, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, MC 8001, Australia 4 School of Computational and Applied Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, ...

Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas arboricola pv.juglandis) is one of the main diseases of walnut that reduce the yield in the central, western and northern regions of Iran. This disease was first reported form, Qazvin and Mazandaran, then widely reported from northern, central and western provinces. To identify the cause of the disease in different provinces, infected leaves collected from Alborze,...