BACKGROUND A Surveillance System was established for 19 diseases/syndromes in order to prevent and control communicable diseases after 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes. This study was conducted to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the established SS. METHODS This study was carried out on an interview-based qualitative study using content analysis in 2012. Data was collected by semi-...

Background: A Surveillance System was established for 19 diseases/syndromes in order to prevent and control communicable diseases after 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes. This study was conducted to investigate the strengths and weaknesses of the established SS. Methods: This study was carried out on an interview-based qualitative study using content analysis in 2012. Data was collected by semi-...

Correspondence: Sina Zarrintan, MD Department of General Surgery Golgahst St. Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz, 51664 Iran E-mails: [email protected], [email protected] The 2012 Iranian earthquakes took place in the cities of Ahar and Varzqan in East Azerbaijan province on August 11, 2012, at 4:53 PM Tehran time. Twin earthquakes (6.4 and 6.3 on the Richter scale) stuck northwest Iran 11 mi...

INTRODUCTION ABO blood group system is the most important blood group in transfusion and has been widely used in population studies. Several molecular techniques for ABO allele's detection are widely used for distinguishing various alleles of glycosyl transferase locus on chromosome 9. METHODS 744 randomly selected samples from Azari donors of East Azerbaijan province (Iran) were examined usi...

CONTEXT Official data on sex ratios at birth suggest a rise in sex-selective abortions in some post-Soviet states following the introduction of ultrasonography. However, questions remain about the validity of official data in these nations as well as whether the high sex ratios at birth are a statistical artifact. METHODS Trends in sex ratios at birth from 1985 to 2009 for 12 post-Soviet stat...

The article estimates the prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of intimate partner violence (IPV) by type and severity in population-based samples from three countries of the former Soviet Union (fSU). The article utilized nationally representative data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in Azerbaijan (2006), Moldova (2005), and Ukraine (2007). Respondents were select...

a Department of Nuclear Medicine, Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Faculty of Medicine, Rize, Turkey b Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bulent Ecevit University School of Medicine, Zonguldak, Turkey c Department of Nuclear Medicine, Azerbaijan National Institute of Oncology, Baku, Azerbaijan d Department of Cardiology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey e Department of Nuclea...

Methods To increase the local and regional understanding of anthrax ecology, ecological risk factors, and the genetic relationships and distribution among Georgian and Azerbaijani B. anthracis strains, a regional study of the ecology of anthrax foci was conducted in Georgia and Azerbaijan. Six regions in Georgia (that border Azerbaijan) were selected for environmental sampling based on historic...