Background. Globally, undernutrition is responsible for at least 35% of deaths in children less than 5 years of age and estimated 6% of under-five deaths can be prevented by ensuring optimal complementary feeding especially the dietary diversity and meal frequency. In Ethiopia, 5% of children were fed according to minimum standards with respect to food diversity. Objective. To assess the level ...

Soon after 12-week old suckling lambs reached a peak infestation of Nematodirus resistance developed, worm burdens falling by 43.1-97.5% in 18 week and 11-month old sheep respectively. Both Teladorsagia (syn. Ostertagia) and Trichostrongylus reached a peak geometric mean (G) of 18,099 and 3,278 worms on 02 December 1987 in weaners 5-6 months old. Within 6 weeks-6 months of sheep grazing on safe...

Background and Purpose The goal of this study was to determine whether release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) from carotid artery in response to acetylcholine is altered by aging. Methods Responses were examined in arteries from Wistar rats 6 to 8 months old (young rats), 24 to 26 months old (old rats), and 30 to 32 months old (very old rats). We used a bioassay technique to meas...

BACKGROUND Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis with unknown etiology. The diagnosis of KD depends on clinical manifestations. The prevalence of coronary artery abnormality (CAA) is 11.0% and results in cardiac sequelae, such as myocardial infarction or coronary aneurysm, which are the most serious complications in KD. METHODS We divided KD's children into different age group...

this case report states a 25-year-old woman, residing in the city of dezfool, khuzestan province, south of iran with the diagnosis of cutaneous leishmaniasis in june 2008. her skin lesion had de­veloped from 8 months earlier as a nodule on her left arm, 1×3 cm in diameter. because of sever­ity of the lesion, we prescribed meglumine antimoniate intralesionally with giving up her breast feeding. ...

a 21-year-old woman presented with a painless growing mass in her right flank since 5 months before. with the probable diagnosis of a cold abscess, the patient was operated, but the wound was not cured. the patient was re-examined and a biopsy from the lesion was taken which revealed hydatid cyst. after nearly complete excision of the infected area and adjuvant chemotherapy with albendazole for...

A 32-year-old nepalese woman presented with dyspnea and dry cough. She had a non-confirmed diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) completed 6 months antibacilar treatment 10 years ago. no occupational exposure, smoking habits or familiar history respiratory diseases