1Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Pulmonary), Bushehr Medical Center Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran 2Department of Radiology, Bushehr Medical Center Hospital, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran 3Research Center of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (GRCGH), Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran 4The Persian Gulf Tropic...

BACKGROUND Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite indicator that can show the impact of economic strategies on human life standards. The index is calculated by three main factors of income, education and health. This research studies the status of HDI across the Iranian provinces, its changes over time and the efficiency of provinces in using resources. METHODS The data for 2001 and 200...

AIM Wild boars, Sus scrofa, are potential reservoirs of many zoonotic diseases, and there are a possibility of transmission of the zoonotic diseases from these animals to humans and also domestic animals. This study aimed to evaluate the protozoan contamination of wild boars in the Persian Gulf's coastal area (Bushehr Province), southwestern Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 25 crossbred...

BACKGROUND Toxoplasmosis is a life-threatening infection in organ transplant recipients, people receiving corticosteroid or radiation therapy, people with malignancies, and AIDS patients. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to determine the prevalence of toxoplasmosis in patients receiving chemotherapy for malignancies in the Bushehr province of southwest Iran. METHODS Blood samples were tak...

BACKGROUND Relapse prevention is a medical intervention designed for educating cognitive and behavioral skills to avoid continued drug abuse and relapse. OBJECTIVES This study examined high risk situations for relapse for self-referred addicts are related in Bushehr province substance abuse treatment centers. PATIENTS AND METHODS The present study is descriptive cross-sectional. The sample ...

AIM To correct the misclassification in registered gastric cancer incidence across Iranian provinces in cancer registry data. METHODS Gastric cancer data is extracted from Iranian annual of national cancer registration report 2008. A Bayesian method with beta prior is implemented to estimate the rate of misclassification in registering patient's permanent residence in neighboring province. Ea...

TO THE EDITOR—While the country had yet to fully recover from the devastating twin earthquakes in 2012 [1–4], Kaki (in Bushehr province, Iran) was jolted by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake on9April 2013, leaving 37 people dead and more than a thousand injured. Within few hours from the incident, immediate rescue measures were taken and the survivors were temporarily sheltered. Lying on the coastal r...