Western Iran is an important dust source region in Middle East, with strong activities occurring springtime. Based on a three-hourly meteorological station data, remarkable decadal change of frequency the spring season has been found west and southwest Iran, less during 1992–2005 (hereafter as “P1”) more frequent 2006–2015 “P2”). The signal closely associated corresponding difference precipitat...

Distribution and prevalence of various species of dermatophytes are not the same in different areas of the world. The aim of the present study was epidemiologic evaluation of dermatophytic infections in our area. A retrospective epidemiologic study was carried out and all patients with dermatophyte positive smears identified at the Referral Center of Southwest Iran located in the city of Ahvaz ...

BACKGROUND A Department of Health prostate awareness initiative, piloted in Coventry in 2006, promoted reporting of symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis and prostate cancer to GPs without causing sudden increases in workload. Qualitative evaluation showed a wide distribution of materials. OBJECTIVES Evaluation of effects of the pilot on rates of GP urological consultations, p...

Foot-and-mouth disease viruses (FMDV) from serotype A exhibit high antigenic diversity. Within the Middle East, a strain called A-Iran-05 emerged in 2003, and subsequently replaced the A-Iran-96 and A-Iran-99 strains that were previously circulating in the region. Viruses from this strain did not serologically match with the established A/Iran/96 vaccine, although most early samples matched wit...

During 2 years, from March 1987 to April 1989 ,600 samples of soil and plant were collected from different cities of northern provinces of Iran. Out of the six hundred samples 58 Actinomycetes, 9 Pseudallescheria boydii, 10 Sporothrix schenckii, and 4 Sporothrix schenckii-like fungi were isolated as the following: Streptomyces griseus from 31 samples (38.27%), Nocardia asteroides from 8 samples...

To determine the infectivity of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus via routine contacts between serologically confirmed cases and their close relatives from May 2005 up to March 2006, 79 serum samples of 57 close relatives of 12 newly diagnosed serologically confirmed CCHF cases in the Sistan-va-Baluchestan province of Iran were tested for IgG and IgM antibodies against CCHF virus usi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate any seasonal variation in enzymatic size, mortality rate, and localization of ST-segment elevation myocardial infraction (STEMI). METHODS Between March 2003 and September 2006, all patients admitted to the Madani Heart Center, Tabriz, Iran with the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were included in this observational prospective study. Cases were divided ...

D iabetes self-management education (DSME) is a critical element of care for all people with diabetes and is necessary in order to improve patient outcomes. The National Standards for DSME are designed to define quality diabetes self-management education and to assist diabetes educators in a variety of settings to provide evidence-based education. Because of the dynamic nature of health care an...