Ehsan Mostafavi
Department of Epidemiology, Pasteur institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - Evaluation of a Novel Herbal Immunomodulator Drug (IMOD) in Treatment of Experimental Canine Visceral leishmaniasis
Toxicity and drug resistance against pentavalent antimonials, medications of choice in treatment of leishmaniasis for more than 5 decades, have become important subjects globally. This study was a randomized, open labeled trial that was designed to determine efficacy and safety of IMOD as a novel herbal immunomodulator drug for treatment of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL).Twenty healthy mon...
[ 2 ] - Evaluation of a Novel Herbal Immunomodulator Drug (IMOD) in Treatment of Experimental Canine Visceral leishmaniasis
Toxicity and drug resistance against pentavalent antimonials, medications of choice in treatment of leishmaniasis for more than 5 decades, have become important subjects globally. This study was a randomized, open labeled trial that was designed to determine efficacy and safety of IMOD as a novel herbal immunomodulator drug for treatment of canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL).Twenty healthy mon...
[ 3 ] - Reply: Surveillance of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in Pakistan
[No Abstract] To the editor: In a recent publication entitle “Surveillance of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Pakistan” published in “The Lancet Infectious Diseases”, the authors claimed that before the Eid al-Adha, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF)-livestock infected are imported from Iran and Afghanistan to Baluchistan province of Pakistan and then tran...
[ 4 ] - Upsurge of Rodents’ Population in a Rural Area of Northeastern Iran Raised Concerns about Rodent-borne Diseases
Introduction: Rodents are the primary source of several zoonotic infectious diseases. The upsurge of rodents’ population in Najaf Abad Village of Nishapur County, northeastern Iran in February 2014 raised the concerns about the outbreak of diseases such as plague and tularemia. This report discusses the lessons learned from the outburst of rodents’ population in that village and rep...
[ 5 ] - A Case of Pneumococcal Endocarditis Following a Nose Trauma
Pneumococcal endocarditis is an uncommon disease. Here, we describe a case of endocarditis caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a young man following a nose trauma. In traumas that involve the respiratory system and the mucous membrane, bacterial complications such as colonization and bacteremia and end-organ involvement should be considered by physicians.
[ 6 ] - Molecular Epidemiology of HIV-1 in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan
We conducted this study to obtain a comprehensive picture of molecular epidemiology of HIV-1 in three neighboring countries, i.e. Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan as a basis for discussing possible hypothesis regarding between-country virus transmission. Our results showed that subtype composition differs between these countries with more variation in Pakistan than Iran and Afghanistan. The CRF3...
[ 7 ] - بررسی حضور آنتی بادی اختصاصی (IgG) علیه ویروس بیماری تب خونریزی دهنده کریمه– گنگو (CCHF) در سرم خون گاوهای شیری خراسان
بیماری تب هموراژیک کریمه– کنگو (CCHF) یک بیماری آربوویروس مشترک بین انسان و دام است و عامل آن ویروسی از جنس نایروویروس و ازخانواده بونیاویریده می‌باشد. تحقیق حاضر در بهار و تابستان سال 1384 و بر روی نمونه‌های خون جمع آوری شده از جمعیت گاوهای شیری استانهای خراسان رضوی و جنوبی به انجام رسید. در مجموع 248 نمونه خون از گاوهای شیری 4 شهرستان استانهای یاد شده شامل مشهد، تربت حیدریه، سرخس و بیرجند ...
[ 8 ] - بررسی شیوع اعتیاد به اینترنت در دانشجویان و دانش‌آموختگان گروه‌های اپیدمیولوژی، علوم بالینی و علوم پایه در ایران: مطالعه مقطعی
Background and Objectives: Internet addiction is a social-physiological event with emotional disturbance, depression, and disruption of social relationships. In addition, Internet addiction has a negative effect on the efficacy of the affected people. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Internet addiction in students and graduates of medical sciences. Methods: This cross...
[ 9 ] - A very French connection, a brief discourse in commemoration of life and services of the late Louis Pierre Joseph Delpy on his 120th birthday anniversary
Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute (RVSRI) turned 95 years old in 2015. Majority of the animal infectious diseases such as rinderpest and anthrax that used to frequently strike the historic Persia are now gone for good or under control owing to the pioneering researches conducted at the institute in the early-mid 20th century in the field of vaccine manufacturing. The earliest...
[ 10 ] - Investigation of Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Clostridium Difficile Isolated From Older Adult Residents of a Nursing Home in Tehran
Background: CClostridium difficile is an anaerobic gram-positive bacterium currently recognized as the most common cause of nosocomial infectious diarrhea in the nursing home. The antibiotic susceptibility profiles are the basic step to successful treatment due to the antimicrobial resistance. This present study assessed the susceptibility profiles of C. difficile, previously isolated from Elde...
[ 11 ] - Dr. Abolghasem Bahrami (1894–1950): Physician, Pasteurian, and a Pioneer of Microbiology and Public Health Planning in Iran
Dr. Abolghasem Bahrami was among the generation of Iranian scientists in the early twentieth century who gained most of their knowledge through resources available inside the country. Educated at Dar-ul-Funun Medical School, he was a physician with a great talent in learning, especially self-teaching natural sciences and European languages. He joined the Pasteur Institute of Iran (IPI) at the e...
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