background: toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular protozoan parasite on which studies are pending regarding production of vaccine. to date, the production of human vaccine has not been successful where approximately one third of the world’s population is thought to be infected with t. gondii. objectives: the present study was designed to compare the electrophoretic patterns of t. gon...

background: despite the efforts to enhance hygiene education and personal hygiene and use of antibiotics and vaccination, infectious diseases remain the second cause of mortality worldwide. vaccination is one of the greatest medical achievements in the prevention of mortality and morbidity, which has decreased treatment costs. this study aimed to compare the complications caused by pentavalent ...

immunization is today one of the safest, most cost-effective, and powerful means of preventing deaths and improving lives. over the years, all countries of the world have incorporated an increasingly broad immunization agenda in their public health interventions. immunization programmes are now routinely reaching over 80 percent of children under one year of age. iran and turkey with a populati...

high morbidity and mortality of influenza virus infection makes it an important disease world-wide. mouse is a very well-studied animal model for this disease with similar manifestation to human disease. it would be desirable to induce mucosal as well as circulating immune responses to obtain protection from infection and to decrease the spread of the virus. cell mediated immunity (proliferativ...

tm purpose of this study is 10 determine the effect of mothers' knowledge on the treatment quality of their   children immunization in health centers of the ministry of health , and medical education in tehran in 1994 .   the samples were 150 mothers who went to health centers to immunize their children .   the subjects were selected randomly and data - gathering was accomplished through a...

We used a retrospective, matching, birth cohort design to evaluate a comprehensive, coalition-led childhood immunization program of outreach, education, and reminders in a Latino, urban community. After we controlled for Latino ethnicity and Medicaid, we found that children enrolled in the program were 53% more likely to be up-to-date (adjusted odds ratio = 1.53; 95% confidence interval = 1.33,...

introduction: antifertility effects of naturally occuring antisperm antibody (asa) in infertile couples and studies on experimental immunization of various animals with sperm antigens represent asa as an immunocontraceptive target. the effects of different factors on sperm immunogenecity and asa production have been studied and different results have been reported. in this study, whole sperm im...

introduction: neonatal tetanus is a highly fatal disease that can be prevented by immunization and improvement in obstetric practices. the aim of the present study was to assess the characteristics of cases of neonatal tetanus in two large tertiary hospitals (ghaem and imam reza hospitals) of mashhad -north east of iran between 1984- 2001. methods: all cases whose epidemiological and clinical c...

Vaccination considered as one of the most cost-effective health interventions worldwide  through prevention and control of many serious childhood diseases (1). It is estimated  global coverage of  Dose 3 of Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP3)among children one year old has been 86% in 2014 (by range from 77% to 96%  in African Region and Western Pacific Region; respectively) (2). Globally...