Background and Objectives: The aim of the study was to determine the role and characteristics of nosocomial and community acquired Staphylococcus sepsis in admitted children in tertiary centers in Iran. Patients and Methods: A cross sectional descriptive-analytic study was performed since March 2008 to March 2009 in which all blood cultures from various admitted patients were checked for Sta...

The ground-based microwave radiometer MIAWARA-C recorded the upper stratospheric and lower mesospheric water vapour distribution continuously from June 2011 to March 2013 above the Arctic station of Sodankylä, Finland (67.4 N, 26.6 E) without major interruptions and offers water vapour profiles with temporal resolution of 1 h for average conditions. The water vapour time series of MIAWARA-C sho...

Enteric infections Outbreaks of suspected foodborne disease Ten outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease, thought to be due to the consumption of microbiologically contaminated food and which affected a total of 103 people, were reported in March and April 2012. This is higher than the number of outbreaks reported for the same period last year. These outbreaks were linked to restaurants (n1⁄4 6), ...