not beginning or completing the vaccination schedule as recommended in the expanded programme on immunization is one of the major reasons for low immunization coverage. it should be studied in detail for remedial action, if the objectives of the epi in iran are to be achieved as stated. generally, lack of knowledge, lack of motivation and obstacles ore the basic categorical reasons for low cove...

BACKGROUND Childhood fever represents a frequent cause to consult a primary care physician. "Fever phobia" describes a fearful and irrational view of fever shared by many parents with different cultural backgrounds. The study aims to explain the experiences of mothers of children having a fever and to analyze the role of the mothers' cultural background with regard to their experiences by compa...

Fever is a natural protective response of the host organism. Mild to moderate fevers, up to 40.0 degrees C, have immunological benefits and do not need to be reduced. However, parents regularly reduce fever with medications to prevent perceived harmful outcomes. This study identified the determinants of parents' intentions to reduce childhood fever with medications. A community-based cross-sect...

Respiratory health outcomes are among the top five causes of child morbidity and mortality around the world. We aimed to investigate possible food-related risk and protective factors for respiratory health outcomes in children. Structured questionnaires completed by primary caregivers of 10-year old children were used to collect information on demographics, socio-economic status, house characte...

toxoplasma encepfiautis (te) is rare in pediatric patients, but it is an emerging opportunistic infection in the increasing number of immunocompromised hosts. it should be considered in patients who present with fever and evolving cns symptoms. the outcome of these patients is always poor because of delay in diagnosis. we report one case of toxoplasma encephalitis in a child without hiv infecti...

Japanese encephalitis (JE) was first recognised after an outbreak in Japan in 1924 that led to 6125 cases. Nearly, all the cases occur in children younger than 10 years, and more than 99% of infections are subclinical. After an incubation period of 4 to 14 days, the earliest symptoms are lethargy, nausea or abdominal pain, headache and fever. During a period of 2–3 days, lethargy increases and ...

BACKGROUND Parental fear and misconceptions about fever are widespread in western society. Ethnicity and sociodemographic factors have been suggested as contributing factors. OBJECTIVES To test the hypothesis that undue parental concern about fever is less in traditional than in western cultural-ethnic groups. METHODS Bedouin (traditional society) and Jewish (western society) parents of chi...

We are reporting the isolation of F. Meningosepticum from the blood culture of a 11⁄2 year old girl. She was a known case of tuberculous meningitis stage III with obstructive hydrocephalus and had undergone shunt surgery. The child was receiving adequate antitubercular treatment along with decongestants and anti-convulsants regularly. Following shunt surgery, the child started running high grad...

BACKGROUND Fever is an extremely common sign in paediatric patients and the most common cause for a child to be taken to the doctor. The literature indicates that physicians and parents have too many misconceptions and conflicting results about fever management. In this study we aim to identify knowledge, attitudes and misconceptions of primary care physicians regarding fever in children. MET...

ticks are vectors of some important arthropod-borne diseases in both fields of veterinary and medicine, such as lyme, tularemia, rocky mountain spotted fever, and some types of encephalitis as well as crimean congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf). iran is known as one of the main foci of cchf in west of asia. this study was conducted in darrehshahr county because of the development of animal husbandry...