Background: Knowing the human platelet angens (HPA) and genes frequency in different populaons is important not only for populaon studies but also for clinical transfusion pracce. HPA genes frequency in Iran is not evaluated, so we invesgated the HPA-2, HPA-3, and HPA-5 frequency and their polymorphism. Materials and Methods: DNA from 120 Iranians (99 Iranian blood donors and 21 paents wi...

BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most prevalent cancer among Iranians, and threatens them at younger ages. This study was guided by the theoretical concepts of the preventive health model (PHM) to assess the attitudes and beliefs of Iranians towards CRC screening. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted with participation of 200 individuals aged 50 years or older in a ...

BACKGROUND Social health is important to be assessed as a dimension of health. The aim of study was to determine domains and sub-domains of individual social health of Iranians. METHODS This study was carried out with a qualitative approach, using thematic content analysis. Twenty five experts participated in interviews, using individual semi-structured interviews between November 2010 and Ju...

ObjectiveTo estimate the age- and nationality-specific West Nile virus (WNV) seroprevalence in select Middle East North Africa (MENA) populations residing Qatar.MethodsSera were collected from male blood donors attending Hamad Medical Corporation. A total of 1,948 sera tested for anti-WNV antibodies using Serion ELISA classic IgG IgM kits.ResultsOverall, estimates WNV-specific 10.4% 3.3%, respe...

Zarnegar (gold writer) is a word processor widely used by publishers of both scholarly journals and books in Iran. Although it is gradually substituted by Word for Windows that is much more powerful than Zarnegar, the process seems to be slow and most Iranian publishers still prefer to receive manuscripts in Zarnegar than Word. There are many reasons for this preference: Word, though having man...

If one had to choose book study the youth in Iran and get insightful glimpses of ordinary life, Manata Hashemi's work offers an invaluable resource start with. Coming Age Iran: Poverty Struggle for Dignity zooms out at lives young Iranians aged 15–29, whose households' income barely stands minimum wage. Building on extensive fieldwork conducted over period between 2008 2019, this sheds light po...

Background: The first COVID-19 case was reported in December 2019 China. number of infected cases increased rapidly, and became a public health issue worldwide. high transmission rate global spreading caused anxiety may lead to unfavorable effects on psychological health. Objectives: This study evaluated the impact anxiety, knowledge, behavior Iranians. Methods: We used web-based cross-sectiona...