BACKGROUND Khuzestan and other parts of Iran were involved with Influenza A (H1N1) pandemic in 2009. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence and mortality of H1N1 in Behbahan, a city in Khuzestan, Southwest of Iran. PATIENTS AND METHODS The study population consisted of cases of influenza, hospitalized or referred to the city health centers. Diagnosis of H1N1 virus i...

The integrated management of water supply and demand has been considered by many policymakers; due to its complexity the decision makers have faced challenges so far. In this study, we proposed an efficient framework for managing in line with economic environmental objectives basin. To design framework, a combination ANFIS multi-objective augmented ε-constraint programming models TOPSIS were us...

BACKGROUND Because of the economic importance of the Arab race horses and also the role of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora spp. in abortion and reproductive failure of these animals, we decided to perform this study. OBJECTIVES We designed this study to investigate the seroprevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii and anti-Neospora spp. antibodies in Arab horses from 12 cities of Khuzestan province...

The main purpose of this study was to investigate patient dose in the chest (PA/AP/LAT) and skull (PA/AP/LAT) X-ray examinations, as frequent procedures. The study was performed in eight public hospitals of Khuzestan province, Iran. Patient dosimetry was conducted on 567 standard patient X-ray examinations (males: 61.2%, female: 38.2%). Dosimetry protocol in this study was indirect method, acco...

BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) spread pattern is influenced by geographic and social factors. Nowadays Geographic Information System (GIS) is one of the most important epidemiological instrumentation identifying high-risk population groups and geographic areas of TB. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between climate and geographic distribution of TB in Khuzestan Province usin...