The Islamic Republic of Iran is in the pre-elimination phase of malaria control, but malaria epidemics are still a concern in the south of the country. This retrospective study presents the epidemiological characteristics and predisposing factors of 60 of the malaria epidemics reported in Sistan va Baluchestan province during 2005-09. A zero-truncated negative binomial model was used to investi...

A study was done of the bionomics, insecticide susceptibility and irritability status of Anopheles culicifacies in Sistan va Baluchestan province. Sampling was performed to determine the following parameters: species identification, seasonal activity, adult and larval susceptibility tests, irritability tests, anthropophily index and sporozoite rate. An. culicfacies adults were susceptible to al...

in iranian archaeology, sistan played an important role especially in the parthian period. this region is well known since it was cross road for greeksto reach the east, a place for scythians arrival, the presence of powerful suren pahlav clan and the place of epic and heroic tales. during the parthian era favorable environmental conditions of sistan caused to arise many of towns and settlement...

OBJECTIVES To investigate post-crash time management by police. METHODS The retrospective study comprised data related to all road traffic crashes from March 2009 to March 2010 in Sistan and Baluchistan province of Iran. Data was retrieved from the standard national form designed for road traffic crashes completed by police officers present at the scene. SPSS 15 was used for statistical analy...

Annually, more than 8 million people develop tuberculosis (TB), and approximately 1.8 million cases result in death (1). TB has a long incubation period, with the timeline for transition from infection to expression lastingmonths or decades. Therefore, it is not surprising that identification of interspersion transmission events by classical epidemiological tools, like contact tracing, suffer f...

Movements of populations from countries where polio has not been eradicated is a concern in the Islamic Republic of Iran. A cross-sectional, community-based study was implemented in 2010 in 2 districts in Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province near the south-east border. The aim was to determine the seroprevalence of antibodies in children aged 20 (± 2) months who had received at least 5 doses of triva...