it is estimated that one third of the world's population is latently infected with tuberculosis (tb). the hiv epidemic fuels the tb epidemic by increasing the risk of reactivation of latent tb infection and by facilitating a more rapid progression of tb disease. although the incidence of tb is constant or decreasing in many regions of the world, rates remain high in developing countries as a co...

demographic changes in germany show the fastest progress of all european countries and are not only influencing socioeconomic issues but also the management of patients with their individual risc profile. especially severely injured elderly constitute a group of patients who need specific attention due to their individual age related pathophysiological processes. 21% of the german population we...

purpose: to determine the incidence, concurrent factors and clinical results of re-operation after corneal refractive surgeries. methods: in this retrospective descriptive study records of all patients undergoing corneal refractive surgeries including prk, lasik, and lasek between april 2005 and december 2006 were assessed. patients who had undergone re-operations entered the study; visual acui...

this article was aimed to provide an overview and a perspective on the changing impact of cancers with increasing age on three age groups. a population based cancer registry was undertaken to register all new cancers cases from march 2006 to march 2007. during one year, 2023 (41.1%) of 4922 patients with cancer were ≥65 years. the five most common cancers (excluding skin cancer) were stomach, b...

silent brain infarcts (sbi) are associated with an increased risk of subsequent stroke. sbi are incidentally revealed by ct or mri executed in stroke patients. a prospective study was undertaken involving 200 consecutive patients aged >45 years with brain infarct admitted in university of alberta hospital, canada (100 patients) and valie-asr hospital, iran (100 patients) in 2003. patients were ...

conclusions decreasing trend during recent six years reflects a partial success in leishmaniasis control, but update data regarding geographical cl distribution can guide our intervention effectively. results during our six years study, we observed a significant decreasing incidence trend. totally, 2863 cl cases were registered. risk of disease in men was 1.4 times more than women and in rural ...

introduction acute respiratory infections (aris) continue as the leading cause of mortality in under 5-year-old children worldwide. we decided to review available data about the incidence and prevalence of all diseases included in this category in iran. methods a systematic review was designed to obtain related data from english and farsi sources, published or unpublished. an internet search of...

background the alarming incidence of self- burning provoked to set up a multidisciplinary preventive program to decrease the incidence and complications of this harmful issue. this study investigated the incidence and the preventive measures in self-burn in fars province, southern iran. methods this study was a longitudinal prospective design on trend of self-inflicted burn injuries in fars pro...

background: population based research contributes to our understanding of cancer at many levels. for health program planning and policy making it is important to have information about the incidence of the common cancers in the population. descriptive epidemiologic studies measure the occurrence of cancer and other health-related factors in relation to person (e.g. age, sex, race, social class,...

conclusions it seems that the incidence of different types of stroke-induced aphasia in ahvaz is influenced by the calendar-temporal changes. according to the findings, to prevent the occurrence of stroke-induced aphasia, necessary counseling should be provided for lifestyle changes. results according to the obtained results 39.9% of the studied patients had a stroke-induced aphasia. the highes...