asymptomatic bacteriuria is prevalent during pregnancy. it can lead to pyelonephritis, premature pregnancy and low birth weight. in this prospective study, to determine prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic bacteriuria, 205 consecutive pregnant women who visited our prenatal care clinic in mirza-koochakkhan hospital and had no urinary symptom were entered. patients data were recorded usin...

today, cancer is the main reason of the 12 % of mortality around the world. it is the second most important reason of death in the developed countries and the third most important one in the developing countries. the frequency of cancer cases in the developed countries is much higher than that of the developing countries, but statistics signify that the rate of cancer incidence is increasing fa...

conclusions the results indicate a rapid increase in the number of hiv/aids cases in east azerbaijan, necessitating immediate attention and strategies to combat the rapid spread of the disease. development of provincial and national hiv/aids strategies demands more accurate and comprehensive hiv/aids surveillance. background this study was performed in response to the rapid propagation of hiv/a...

background: the status of measles elimination is best summarized by evaluation of the effective reproduction number r; maintaining r < 1 is necessary and sufficient to achieve elimination. in the present article, we estimated reproduction number  for the measles data reported for the fars province of iran in 2001–03.   methods: we estimated by using sizes and durations of chains of measles tran...