Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) is well-accepted in the developed world and is playing a vital role in economic development. The less-developed and developing nations are far behind in this regard, despite of the fact that the governments have had attempted to encourage ECommerce. This paper explores the factors which can act as constraints to the development of E-Commerce in Iran. A qualitati...

Tuberculosis (TB) persists as a public health problem in Iran. Characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates circulating in this area will contribute to understand and control the spread of the strains. The aims of this study were to understand the genetic diversity and drug susceptibility of M. tuberculosis isolates circulating in Iran and to analyze the relationship between genotype...

BACKGROUND Epidemics of mosquito-borne viral infections such as dengue, chikungunya, West Nile and Rift Valley fevers in neighbouring countries and risk of introduction of exotic vectors into Iran have placed this country at a significant risk for these mosquito-borne diseases. METHODS After the first dengue case reported in Iran in 2008, active entomological surveillance of Aedes albopictus ...

An important variable in determining the vectorial capacity of malaria mosquito species is the degree of mosquito-human contact. This parameter can be affected by community sleeping behavior and the host-feeding habits of vectors. A cross-sectional study of 775 randomly selected inhabitants, including 385 Baluchi residents and 390 Afghani refugees, was conducted in a malarious area in Sabaz Dis...

Within the years 2001 to 2004 Sistan-va-Baluchestan was the only province with transmission of cholera in Iran. The objective of this study was to determine the epidemiological characteristics of the cholera outbreak that occurred in 2004 in the Sarbaz district in the southern parts of this province. The surveillance data were analyzed, and a matched case-control study was performed. From 22 Oc...

Zoonotic diseases can be occupational hazards to people who work in close contact with animals or their carcasses. In this cross-sectional study, 190 sera were collected from butchers and slaughterhouse workers in different regions of the Sistan va Baluchestan province, in Iran in 2011. A questionnaire was filled for each participant to document personal and behavioural information. The sera we...