OBJECTIVES Low Birth Weight (LBW) has an important role in the mortality and morbidity of neonates and the incidence of LBW may vary across different environments. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and some related factors of LBW in Mazandaran province, Northern Iran. METHODS In this longitudinal study, all live births that were born in 5 maternity hospitals in Mazandaran p...

Identifying and Analyzing Factors Affecting the Entrepreneurial Marketing in Agricultural Cooperatives Mazandaran Province

Estimation of Probable Maximum Precipitation at Talar Basin Mazandaran Province using Synoptic Method

Identification and Analysis of Factors Affecting Digital Entrepreneurship in Knowledge-Based Companies Mazandaran Province

Knowledge and Attitudes of the Students Mazandaran University Medical Sciences Towards COVID-19 in 2020

BACKGROUND Patient satisfaction is affected by hospital services and may have an effect on the cultural, social and personal conditions of the people living in the region. This research aimed to evaluate the patient satisfaction in social security hospitals in Mazandaran province. METHODS From Spring 2012 to Summer 2013, all patients admitted to social security hospitals in Mazandaran provinc...

Myiasis is the invasion of vertebrates' tissue by the larvae of a fly of the order Diptera. The objective of this paper is to present a rare case of secondary myiasis of ocular infestation by Chrysomya bezziana. A 55-year-old female from Sar village of Mazandaran Province, northern Iran), referred to Khatam Al-Anbia Hospital of Mashhad with extensive destruction of left orbital cavity. Existenc...

Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii which infects various hosts, including humans and animals. As Q fever is considered a public health problem and there is little epidemiological information on the status of the disease in various parts of Iran, the presented study was carried out to evaluate the seroepidemiology of Q fever among sheep in the province of Mazandaran, northern Iran...

BACKGROUND The genus Penicillium contains a large number of ubiquitous environmental taxa, of which some species are clinically important. Identification of Penicillium down to the species level is currently based on polyphasic criteria, including phenotypic features and genetic markers. Biodiversity of the genus Penicillium from Mazandaran and Tehran provinces has not been described. OBJECTI...

BACKGROUND New cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) have been reported recently in some parts of Mazandaran Province, north of Iran where the first human case of VL was reported in 1949. This study aimed to determine the present status of Leishmaniainfantum infection among humans and domestic dogs using serological and molecular methods in central parts of Mazandaran Province. METHODS In this...