BACKGROUND Colonization of nasopharynx by Streptococcus pneumoniae can lead to pneumococcal diseases. This study was performed to determine the carriage rate of nasopharyngeal S. pneumoniae in adolescents, antibiotic susceptibility and serotype prevalence in Zahedan, Iran. METHODS Nasopharyngeal specimens from 865 adolescents (age range: 10-19 years old) attending eight schools in Zahedan, Ir...

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. MD of Hematology and Oncology, Genetic Researcher Center in Non-Communicable Disease, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zaheedan ,Iran, [email protected] 2. MSc of Hematology, Hematology Department, Allied Medical School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, T...

OBJECTIVE To determine the pattern of opportunistic infections (OIs) and non-infectious opportunistic diseases in hospitalized HIV-infected patients in Zahedan, southeast of Iran. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of 52 HIV-infected patients (47 male, 5 female; age range, 21-54 years) who were admitted to Boo-Ali Hospital, Zahedan, Iran for evaluation and management of an HIV-re...

BACKGROUND There have been studies regarding the prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and anti-hepatitis C antibody (HCVAb) in Iran. However, the majority of these have reported a variety of rates, depending on their study population, which limits the generalizability of their results to the general population. On the other hand, cultural diversity in the different provinces of Ira...

1Department of Public Health; 2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Zahedan Medical Sciences University, Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran. Received: 08/12/02; accepted: 13/05/03 ABSTRACT We evaluated contraception continuation rates and discontinuation reasons in Zahedan among 1741 women from 1998–2000. By Kaplan–Meier technique continuation rates were 92% for low d...

BACKGROUND/AIM The annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, which attracts more than 3 million Muslim pilgrims from around the world, has played a role in the global spread of meningococcal infection. We aimed to compare pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis in Hajj pilgrims before departure and after returning to Iran, Zahedan. MATERIALS AND METHODS This prospective and cross-sectional study...

Applying Content-Based Image Retrieval Techniques to Provide New Services for Tourism Industry Zobeir Raisi Department of Electrical Engineering, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, IRAN Email: [email protected] Farahnaz Mohanna Assistant professor, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan, IRAN Email: [email protected] Mehdi R...

BACKGROUND Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), an acute viral infection, is a zoonotic disease which is transmitted to humans by infected ticks, direct contact with fresh meat or blood of infected animals (usually domestic livestock), or direct contact with the blood or secretions of an infected person. Livestock handlers, skin processors, veterinary staff, livestock market workers, and oth...