background: the number of scientific publication by a country is an important indication of its science generation and development. the aim of this study was to compare the publications in medical sciences of islamic countries from 2002-2009 with those of a number of developed countries.   methods: the pubmed and cia world fact book were used to extract the number of publications and socioecono...

Abstract Acute diarrhea with severe dehydration has been a major worldwide cause of death in children younger than 5 years of age. Etiological studies of gastroenteritis have shown that rotavirus causes 40–50% of acute diarrhea among infants and children in both developing and developed nations. Numerous epidemiologic studies in the US and the World Health Organization have docu...

cryptosporidium species are one of the most common causes of gastrointestinal infection in humans around the world. this study has aimed to investigate the hyper variable region of the 18s rrna gene in cryptosporidium for exact parasite identification . dna was extracted from 26 fecal samples from which initially cryptosporidium oocysts were identified by ziehl-neelsen acid-fast , auramine phen...

context distributing health care services in remote and rural areas have become a major health problem for many developing countries. telemedicine presents solutions to developing countries for better disease prevention, disease management, emergency services and practicing medicine in areas with limited access to healthcare services and facilities. although the willingness of developing countr...