leishmaniasis is one of the major health problems and categorized as a class i disease (emerging and uncontrolled) by world health organization (who), causing highly significant morbidity and mortality. indeed, more than 350 million individuals are at risk of leishmania infection, and about 1.6 million new cases occur causing more than 50 thousands death annually. because of the severe toxicity...

Sir, The newest emerging infection of our world is the new H6N1 bird flu, which was firstly reported this month (November, 2013) from Taiwan. Although there is only one published case, it is expected that there will be the continuum. For any new emerging infection, Wiwanitkit and Wiwanitki previously noted for the necessity for the neurologist to focus on the possible neurological complication....

Ebola virus disease is the important emerging disease in Africa. This infection is deadly and has the main clinical feature as an acute hemorrhagic fever. The main hematological alteration in this infection is the platelet change. However, the change in other hematological parameters should be mentioned. 

the aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the risky behaviors and explore the newly emerging pi related to egyptian habits that may lead to hcv transmission.from january 2011 until january 2012, a case control study matched on socio demographic factors was conducted comparing 540 hepatitis c patients and their contacts who were hcv serologically negative (102 subjects). they were ran...

Diabetes mellitus is the common endocrine problem that affects millions of world population. The disease can be seen in every country around the world. It is recorded as one of the most common noninfectious disease at present. In the era of the new emerging diseases, the concern on the effect of new diseases on diabetes should be discussed. For example, in the case of new emerging zoonotic infl...

b ackground : a cinetobacter spp. emerged as an opportunistic pathogen for hospital-acquired infections. recently, increasing antibiotic resistance among acinetobacter spp. has worsened the problem. the aim of this study was to investigate  the  emerging  trend  of  infection  due  to acinetobacter  in ghaem university hospital, mashhad during 2006-2012. methods : the demographic data and infor...