BACKGROUND Parasitological investigations on paramphistomosis were carried out over a 12-month period in the southeast of Iran to determine the prevalence and intensity of this disease. METHODS A total of 1000 cattle, Sistani breed (n= 450) and Brahman breed (n= 550) of all sex and age groups were inspected at random for the presence of paramphistomidae flukes in Zabol slaughterhouse from Dec...

On the 26 December 2003 an earthquake, that measured 6.6 on the Richter scale, struck the town of Bam in Southern Iran. The European Space Agency (ESA) through its orbiting ENVISAT ASAR sensor managed to acquire 3 ascending and 3 descending image sets of the earthquake area, which were distributed, on request, free of charge to the research community world wide. A radar line-of-sight displaceme...

Kabaddi is a contact sport that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is the national game of Bangladesh, and Nepal and also the state game of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Punjab. India is the most successful team in the world stage having won every world cup and Asian Games titles so far. Kabaddi initially became famous in Punjab Region...

The recent publication on “Selenium levels in rice samples from high and low risk areas for esophageal cancer”1 is very interesting. Rahimzadeh-Barzoki et al,1 reported that “high soil and rice selenium levels may play a possible role in the pathogenesis of esophageal cancer.” Rice is the main food source for millions of the world’s population. It is routinely consumed in Asian countries. The p...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is one of the most important neglected tropical diseases and a major public health challenge in Iran caused by Leishmania spp and transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies. The number of CL cases has shown an increasing pattern all over the country, including the district of Varamin, southeast of Tehran, Iran. This study aimed to identify the Leishmania spp ...

BACKGROUND The incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) varies among different societies. The aim of this study is to determine the incidence rate of IBD in Kerman, a city in Southeast Iran. METHODS All medical records that indicated a new diagnosis of ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn's disease (CD) were retrieved from the gastrointestinal endoscopy and pathology departments of 12 centers ...

BACKGROUND Proper communication with patients plays an important role in nursing cares. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was Investigation of nursing students' verbal communication quality during patients' Education in Zahedan hospitals: southeast of Iran. MATERIALS & METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 95 nursing students in two Educational hospitals of Zahedan, Iran from Novem...

Background: Currently, Iran has entered the malaria elimination phase, and no cases have been observed in this country during last two consecutive years. Continuous monitoring analysis of situation are necessary to achieve goals set be achieved 2025. This study aimed determine implementation programme Jask county, one most important foci Iran. Methods: descriptive-analytical was conducted count...

This paper investigates the architecture of Dezzak Grand Mosque in Saravan City for first time to best our knowledge. One most important research problems was lack sufficient information about Mosque. Considering that some Islamic geographers had sporadically mentioned an old mosque southeast Iran, comprehensive field not done this regard. study compares oldest South East Iran with Prophet Mohm...

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a serious health challenge at the global level due to Leishmania tropica. This study was conducted to evaluate the risk factors associated with anthroponotic CL (ACL) in unresponsive (patient who does not heal and remains with an active lesion, despite receiving two courses of intra-lesional Glucantime along with cryotherapy and one cycle of systemic Glucantime) ...