INTRODUCTION Preterm labor is the main cause of infants' death, and the main reason for undesirable consequences of pregnancy which still occur in some births, despite all of the interventions in this regard. The aim of this study was to evaluate every preterm birth and determine its maternal risk factors in Hormozgan province in 2013. METHODS This case-control study was conducted in 2013 on ...

BACKGROUND Infection with blood-borne viruses including hepatitis C (HCV) and hepatitis G (HGV) viruses is a substantial health problem. Varying prevalences of these infections in different studies reflect the role of predisposing risk factors in different countries or even different regions of a country. OBJECTIVES The objective of the present survey was to assess the prevalences of HCV and ...

Background. Considering that Hormozgan province in Iran (southern part of Iran on the Persian Gulf) is among the areas with high prevalence of MDR-MTB and attracts so many sailors and tourists, genetic diversity of MTB isolates circulating in this part of Iran was evaluated. Pattern of TB transmission was also examined. Methods and Material. A total of 38 isolates of MTB were cultured from TB p...

A faunistic survey of Euphorinae (Hym., Braconidae) in southern Iran, as well as an updated checklist of the genera and species in Iran, are presented. Sampling was performed using Malaise traps at different locations of Hormozgan province and Qeshm Island in Persian Gulf during 2011-2013. In total, 38 species belonging to 10 genera are listed from Iran. The recorded species belong to the follo...

1 Department of Pathology, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 3 General physician, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 4 Department of Biochemistry, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. 5 Center for research of Mol...

INTRODUCTION A devastating earthquake is inevitable in the long term and likely in the near future in Iran. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge of hospital staff to disaster management system in hospital and to determine nonstructural safety assessment in Shahid Mohammadi hospital in Bandar Abbas city of Iran. This hospital is the main referral hospital in Hormozgan province ...

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...

PARIVASH DAVOODIAN*, HABIB DADVAND**, MARZIEH RAZ-NAHAN***, SHAHRAM BAGHESTANI****, ABDOLALI MAHBUBI**** & AYUB BAGERI***** *Depatment of infectious Disease, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran **Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran ***Tuberculosis and leprosy center, Hormozgan, Iran ****Department of Dermatology, Hormozgan University of Medical ...