EVALUATION OF THE RATE ADHERENCE TO NATIONAL PROTOCOL FOR TREATMENT BRUCELLOSIS BY PHYSICIANS HAMADAN PROVINCE

Brucellosis is a widespread zoonotic disease causing considerable economic and public health problems. Despite animal vaccination, brucellosis remains endemic in some areas such as Iran, especially in the western Iranian province of Hamadan. We sought to detect some of the most common virulence-associated genes in Brucella isolated from human blood cultures to determine the prevalence of some v...

BACKGROUND This study was conducted to detect clusters of pulmonary TB cases in Hamadan Province, west of Iran. METHODS All patients with pulmonary tuberculosis recorded in the surveillance system from 2005 to 2013 were studied. The spatial scan statistic was used to detect significant clusters in status of unadjusted and adjusted for age, sex and location residence variables. RESULTS Clust...

The Effect of Provincial Policies on the COVID-19 Mortality Rate: Risk Analysis Study in Hamadan Province

Land use planning means managing our land and resources and it focuses on the functions of ecosystems. The main purpose of this study is to determine the places and sites with necessary capabilities for ecotourism, environmental conservation, agricultural activities, range management, forestry, afforestation, aquaculture, city planning and industrial development in the studied area. This resear...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the mass treatment of ascariasis in rural areas of Hamadan Province, Islamic Republic of Iran. METHODS A control programme in rural areas of Hamadan Province, which began in November 1997, involved giving all persons a single dose of 400 mg albendazole at intervals of three months. The efficacy of the treatment was evaluated by the formalin-ether concentration technique ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus is a tick-borne member of the genus Nairovirus, family Bunyaviridae. CCHFV has been isolated from at least 31 different tick species. The virus is transmitted through the bite of an infected tick, or by direct contact with CCHFV-infected patients or the products of infected livestock. This study was undertaken to study the gen...

Masoud Khodaveisi, Afsar Omidi, Shima Farokhi, Ali Reza Soltanian. Chronic Diseases (Home Care) Research Center, and Community Health Nursing Department, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran; Community Health Nursing Department, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran; Chronic Diseases (Home Care) Research Center, and Community Health Nursing Department, Hamadan U...

BACKGROUND Hamadan Province is one of the high-risk regions in Iran for Multiple sclerosis (MS). A majority of the epidemiological studies conducted in Iran addressing MS are descriptive. This study was conducted to assess MS and its associated risk factors in Hamadan Province, the west of Iran. METHODS This case-control study compared 100 patients with MS (case group) and 100 patients with a...