asthma is the most common chronic disorder of school-age children and youth, with rising prevalence in all over the world. by attention to the geographic area there is considerable difference in the prevalence of asthma. the international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (isaac), was founded to maximize the value of epidemiological research into asthma and allergic disease by establis...

brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that is widely distributed throughout the developing countries.in this review, an overview of the epidemiological and epizootic status of brucellosis in islamic republic of iran is presented. in iran, the disease was first recognized in 1932, which is now endemic in the entire country. the first animal vaccination program was carried out in 1949. brucellosis ha...

the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of hydatidosis in lorestan province during a 10 year period (2005-2014). we surveyed medical records of infected patients with hydatid cyst who had been operated in referral hospitals of lorestan province, iran. several parameters were analyzed including age, gender, place of residency, hospitalization time, and the location of cysts. cystic...

background: averyfeworganizationspublishsuicidedatainiran.sinceanationalcomparativestudyonthepublishedsuicidedataisanimportantissue,thepresentstudyaimed to compareiranianministryofhealth(imoh)datawithiranianstatisticalcenter(isc)datain2004. methods: inthiscross-sectionalstudy,allthe suicidedatafortheiranianprovincesthatoriginatedfromimohandiscwereenteredintostatasoftware.inthenextstep,thepopula...

In the last two decades, we have witnessed three major epidemics of coronavirus human disease namely, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Middle Eastern syndrome, and more recently an ongoing global pandemic 2019 (COVID-19). Iran, a country nearly 84 million, in East, severely involved with COVID-19 disease. A documented multidimensional approach to is therefore mandatory provide well-bal...

in early 1990, an outbreak of measles occurred in kerman, (population 257, 284) iran. overall, 475 cases were identified and four died (case fatality ratio 5.4 per thousand). illness was limited primarily to children below 15 years of age 166 (22.3%) were in children under five, 573 (77%) between 5-14 and six (0.8%) above 15 years of age. the age of the cases ranged from five months to 35 years...

the present study aimed to explore some risk factors affected the mean of the number of tuberculosis (tb) in west azerbaijan province, iran between 2001 and 2010.our time series study analyzed the data of 2,560 tb patients as registered with tb patients care system in west azerbaijan province from early 2001 to 2010. a checklist was prepared for collecting the data and they were then analyzed i...

background:  cancer is the third leading cause of death in iran, and its trend is increasing in recent years. national reports state that cancer registries in shahroud district had 204% coverage in 2008. this study investigated cancer situation in shahroud with complete details between 2000–2010. methods: data was obtained from national cancer registry software and analyzed after removing the r...

zika virus is an arbovirus identified first time in 1947 in uganda. zika epidemic is a threat far greater than the ebola outbreak. the world health organization has urged asian countries to be vigilant about the risk of spreading zika virus and preventive measures to control it. in iran, 64 species of mosquitoes from culicidea family have been reported three of which belong to the aedes genus, ...

background advances in the care of burn injuries have resulted from the efforts of regional patient-based specialist teams at burn care centers. objectives we conducted this study to assess the four-year epidemiology of burn injuries in rasht, iran. materials and methods in this cross-sectional study, medical records of 2274 burn patients, treated at velayat hospital from january 2007 to decemb...