background: bovine cysticercosis is one of the most important parasitic diseases caused by the metacestode stage of the human tapeworm taenia saginata. the public health and economic consequences of this parasite may be considerable due to downgrading and the condemnation of carcasses. therefore, this survey was designed to estimate the prevalence, economic losses and food safety importance of ...

iran is located in dry belt of the earth and always involved with drought in different sections. drought has already caused many losses to natural plant cover, agriculture and human society. for drought monitoring, we can use some drought indecies. in this research, the standard index of annual precipitation)siap),sandardized precipitation index (spi) and palmer drought severity index (pdsi) we...

Background: Neonatal seizures can have many causes. Determining the underlying cause of neonatal seizures is very important in determining the prognosis, outcome, and treatment strategies. In this study, we have evaluated the frequency of Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings in neonates younger than 6 months who had been referred to Shiraz Namazi hospital with seizures to determine the pre...

BACKGROUND The risk of immediate adverse events due to the inflammation created by a vaccine is a potential concern for pediatric vaccine programs. METHODS We analyzed data on children born between March 2006 and March 2009 in the province of Ontario. Using the self-controlled case series design, we examined the risk of the combined endpoint of emergency room visit and hospital admission in t...

A. Instruction to Pap Specific Sums. Having paid funeral expenses, debts and administrative expenses, the trustee is under a duty to distribute as directed by the instrument or by rules of law. Legatees must be paid within one year of the decedent's death, but if the corpus is insufficient to pay legacies they are subject to abatement and the trustee may recover excess already paid, in good fai...

with the aim of identifying the rotifera fauna of kepektas dam lake, samples were collectedmonthly between january-december 2005. in total 11 rotifer species were identified. as a species-wisepercentage, kellicttia longispina had the highest level with 57%. when the annual abundance of species wastaken into consideration polyarthra vulgaris, colurella uncinata, asplanchna priodonta and keratell...

The etiology of acute diarrhea was studied in 915 children under 5 years of age between March 1986 and August 1987, in 7 hospitals in Tehran. 65 healthy children in similar age groups served as controls. Rotavirus was found in 25% of the patients and 1.5% of controls with the highest detection rate occurring in the 7-24 month age group (28%) and declining beyond 25 months of age (5%). The ...

There is no published report regarding Iran's aquatic hyphomycetes. In an attempt to identify species of aquatic hyphomycetes in a river in central Iran (Zayande-Roud River), conidial frequency and distribution were determined by filtration. Water samples were collected monthly from two stations 55 km apart and filtered through millipore filters (5 um pore sizes). This was carried out for seven...