We studied measles incidence and morbidity in Ghazvin district by retrospective review of cases registered at the central health office and admitted to two hospital in Ghazvin city during April 1997-April 2003. There were 824 clinically confirmed cases of measles over the 6-year period giving a mean annual incidence of 18.67 per 100 000 population, higher than for the country generally. There w...

A new method of evaluation of the response of a water table to artificial recharge is presented. The solution is formulated in the form of a simple numerical model. The model has several advantages over the traditional methods of mounding prediction. The effect of the unsaturated zone, which modifies the recharge rate as compared with the infiltration rate, is considered. Mounding is calculated...

non-alcoholic steatohepatitis is a form of chronic hepatitis. fatty degeneration may involve liver focally or as a whole. the patient was a 41-year-old woman who was diabetic and admitted in buali hospital in ghazvin because of right flank pain, fever, vomiting and diarrhea. the patient was treated as pyelonephriris. liver function tests were as below: alt: 62 (40) ast: 54 (40), alkaline phosoh...

The ethnobotany of the medicinal plants of Alamut region is important in understanding the cultures and traditions of Alamut people. This study documents 16 medicinal plant species, most commonly used by the indigenous people of Alamut region (Ghazvin Province), northwest, Iran. The botanical name, family name, vernacular name, part used, and the application of the plants have been provided in ...

the ethnobotany of the medicinal plants of alamut region is important in understanding the cultures and traditions of alamut people. this study documents 16 medicinal plant species, most commonly used by the indigenous people of alamut region (ghazvin province), northwest, iran. the botanical name, family name, vernacular name, part used, and the application of the plants have been provided in ...

objective: economic analysis was performed for the main horticultural crops in buin zahra (pistachio, peach, nectarine, and apple). there were dependent and independent variables in this research. methods: the independent variables were planting method (mechanized and conventional), land area used for fruit production, and land ownership. the maximum energy used, mostly in the form of fossil fu...

background & aims of the study: sarcocystiosis is a zoonosis appeared in domestic animals caused by various species of sarcocystis. this protozoan disease has worldwide distribution among human and many species of animals. humans acquire infection by eating of raw and under cooked beef, pork or mincemeat containing schizonts of sarcocystis hominis and s. suihominis. the aim of present study is ...