BACKGROUND Estimation of the incidences of influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is important for disease control. Previous estimate in the city showed a substantial burden of influenza in both outpatients and inpatients while it did not account for individuals who do not seek medical attention nor RSV. PATIENTS/METHODS A total of 17 674 influenza-like illness (ILI) and 13...

Background and Purpose: Denture stomatitis is an inflammatory condition in the oral mucosa which develops under removable denture affects a considerable percentage of users. Due to insufficient studies on this issue Iran, we investigated prevalence patients using dentures. Materials Methods: In current descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study, 130 referred dental school clinic other clinics...

Knowledge Management and Growth in Finnish SMEs Sari Salojärvi, Patrick Furu and Karl-Erik Sveiby Journal of Knowledge Management Vol. 9 No. ?, 2005 Research paper

BACKGROUND There is limited information about the epidemiology of influenza in Africa. We describe the epidemiology and seasonality of influenza in Morocco from 1996 to 2009 with particular emphasis on the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 influenza seasons. Successes and challenges of the enhanced surveillance system introduced in 2007 are also discussed. METHODS Virologic sentinel surveillance for in...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) is one of the leading causes of death among children worldwide. As different respiratory viruses exhibit similar symptoms, simultaneous detection of these viruses in a single reaction mixture can save time and cost. The present study was done in a tertiary care children's hospital for rapid identification of viruses causing SARI ...

objective: spouse abuse is a major worldwide health concern and includes a wide range of emotional, physical and sexual maltreatments. the objective of present study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of spouse abuse among women who were registered with health centers in the city of sari. methods: we distributed two specifically designed questionnaires among one thousand women who...