The hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among patients undergoing haemodialysis is high. The aim of this study was to identify the HCV genotypes among chronic haemodialysis patients who were HCV positive in Guilan province, northern Islamic Republic of Iran. All patients on haemodialysis at Guilan haemodialysis centres were enrolled. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reactio ...

1Department of Social Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Guilan, Islamic Republic of Iran (Correspondence to Z.M. Amiri: [email protected]). Received: 23/09/03; accepted: 17/05/04 ABSTRACT We assessed the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and associated risk factors for all 298 haemodialysis patients in 7 dialysis units in Guilan province. Serum samples were scre...

Mandana Shirazi, Sagar V. Parikh, Ideh Dadgaran, Charlotte Silén Education Development Center, Medical Education Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Departments of LIME and Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Langroud Nursing and Midwifery...

BACKGROUND Hookworm infection is one of the important Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) in the world. It was previously more prevalent in the northern and southern parts of Iran with a prevalence rate higher than 40% in some endemic regions; nevertheless, the infection rate has decreased to less than 1%. This study aimed to determine prevalence and molecular aspects of hookworm infections in ru...

Designing the Model of Marketability and Marketing Guilan Rice based on Grounded Theory Approach

Due to population growth and the increasing number of vehicles on rural roads, traffic accidents have become one most important problems in transportation system, which greatly affects social economic situation people. The main purpose this study was apply analytical method investigate factors affecting severity roads Guilan, Iran, order determine effective factor occurrence these accidents. At...