1Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 2Department of Modern Sciences and Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran *Corresponding author: Seyed Hossein Shahcheraghi, Infectious Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran, Tel: + 98-9132531389; E-mail...

1Department of Mathematics, Hubei University for Nationalities, Enshi, Hubei 445000, China 2Department of Mathematics, Yazd University, P.O. Box 89195-741, Yazd, Iran 3Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Wroclaw University of Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland 4Department of Mathematics Education, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea 5Department of Mathema...

BACKGROUND Road accidents are a social phenomenon in different communities that its infra-structural dimensions of which as well as technologic failures such as road quality, and tech-nical faults of automobiles, need to be assessed in detail. Iran has the first order in the world for deadly road accidents. This study was designed to assess the association between aberrant behaviors of truck dr...

1- Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Infectious Diseases Research Center, School Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran 2- Yazd Health 3- General Courses Department, 4- Hematology Blood Banking, Paramedical School, Gerash Gerash, 5- Biostatics Epidemiology Health, 6- Faculty Shiraz Shiraz, , [email protected]

BACKGROUND Internet is an important source of up-to-date dental information for delivering educational materials. The aim of this study was to determine the use of internet among dental students in Yazd. METHODS In this descriptive study, a questionnaire consisting of multiple choice questions was distri-buted to clinical undergraduate students studying at the School of Dentistry at the Shahi...

Myiasis of different organs has been reported from various regions in the world. Infection of the eye might appear as eyelids problems or conjunctiva (ophthalmomyiasis externa), or the larvae may invade into the eye (ophthalmomyiasis interna). We report 4 human cases of external ophthalmic myasis from Yazd province, in central region of Iran. All of them referred with symptoms of acute conjunct...

Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is one of the major determinants of neonatal survival as well as postnatal morbidity. Objective: The main objective of the present study was to determine neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in LBW infants in Yazd, Iran. Materials and Methods: In a prospective-cohort study, all births in the maternity hospitals of Yazd, Iran in 2004 were evaluated and mortality rate ...

introduction: motor vehicular accidents are one of the leading causes of death in young men and severe complications in all age groups. this study was carried out to evaluate eye injuries secondary to motor vehicular accidents that have a high rate of occurrence in yazd province. methods: this descriptive, cross- sectional study was conducted through case series method. simple sampling, i.e. ce...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Tinea capitis and tinea unguium are regarded as global public health concerns. The purpose of the present study was to identify the etiological agents of tinea capitis and tinea unguium in patients, referring to the Central Laboratory of Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted during 2014-2015. Skin scraping, scalp...

BACKGROUND Skin cancers are the most common cancers around the world. Cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) is the malignancy of melanocytes that are mainly located in the skin and mucous membranes. OBJECTIVE This study tried to evaluate the incidence and mean survival time of cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM) in Yazd, Iran. It seems that the epidemiology and clinical aspects of CMM in Iran are...