background: conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva and has 4 main causes-viruses, bacteria, allergens, and irritants. among these, bacterial conjunctivitis is most common and is contagious, especially when the dentist is working with the infected person, and that person spreads the same to the other patient. methods: a pretested questionnaire survey was conducted among 152 subjec...

swine flu is a new emerging infectious disease originating in mexico . this novel influenza is the present pandemic disease of the world. in this brief paper, the author discusses on conjunctivitis and other eye manifestations in swine flu.   iranian journal of ophthalmology 200921(3):3-4 © 2009 by the iranian society of ophthalmology

BACKGROUND Conjunctivitis is the inflammation of the conjunctiva and has 4 main causes-viruses, bacteria, allergens, and irritants. Among these, bacterial conjunctivitis is most common and is contagious, especially when the dentist is working with the infected person, and that person spreads the same to the other patient. METHODS A pretested questionnaire survey was conducted among 152 subjec...

BACKGROUND Potential health effects of the indoor environment in office buildings and aircraft have generated considerable concern in recent years. AIMS To analyse the prevalence of self reported respiratory symptoms and illnesses in flight attendants (FAs) and schoolteachers. METHODS Data were collected as part of a study of reproductive health among female FAs. The prevalences of work rel...

European health officials are continuing to monitor an outbreak of a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza A (H7N7) that has claimed the life of a Dutch veterinarian and resulted in the slaughter of more than 23 million chickens and other fowl in the Nether-lands and Belgium. Since its discovery at six poultry farms in central Holland on 28 February, the virus has also caused eye infectio...

background: influenza a virus is the most virulent human pathogen and causes the most serious problem. having epidemiological knowledge about this disease is important. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of influenza a/h3n2 virus infection in northern iran from 2011 to 2013 using the real-time polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr). methods: in this cross-sectional study 57 sampl...

background: iranian (lahijan) black tea caffeine has been previously shown to have antifungal activity against candida albicans. the aim of this study was to investigate whether the combination of caffeine and fluconazole (flu) has an effective antifungal activity on a flu-resistant (mic >64mgl-1) c. albicans ptcc5027. materials and methods: caffeine from lahijan black tea was extracted and its...

OBJECTIVE Describe 2 rare causes of central serous chorioretinopathy. CLINICAL CASES Case 1: A 35 year old woman with loss of vision in her left eye, with a recent history of a flu vaccination. This could have been the process that triggered an immune response, with increased circulating immune complexes that favour choroidal ischemia. CASE 2 A 41 year old man with loss of vision in his lef...