First described as a clinical entity in 1994–1995, Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is currently present in many regions of Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe [1]. Annually, >1000 reported CCHF cases result in fatality rates ranging from 10% to as high as 50% in endemic regions [2]. The history of CCHF in Iran goes back to 1970, when 45 of 100 sheep sera sent from Tehran to Moscow ...

Introduction Amblyopia is a leading cause of visual impairment in both childhood and adult populations. Our aim in this study was to assess the epidemiological characteristics of the amblyopia screening program in Iran. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional study was done on a randomly selected sample of 4,636 Iranian children who were referred to screening program in 2013 were participated i...

175 words) Using data from the 2002 Iran Fertility Transition Survey (IFTS) collected in four Iranian provinces, the authors examine changes in elapsed time between marriage and first pregnancy. Across 1971-2000 marriage cohorts, a u-shaped pattern is observed. This pattern can be explained by: i) a monotonic decline in conception interval length possibly associated with a shift from arranged t...

BACKGROUND Over the past few decades, the association between leisure activity patterns and marital conflict or satisfaction has been studied extensively. However, most studies to date have been limited to middle-class families of developed societies, and an investigation of the issue, from a developing country perspective like Iran, is non-existent. OBJECTIVES In an observational, analytical...

Epidemiologic and genetic/molecular research on glaucoma in Iran started within the past decade. A population-based study on the epidemiology of glaucoma in Yazd, a city in central Iran, revealed that 4.4% of studied individuals were affected with glaucoma: 1.6% with high tension primary open angle glaucoma (POAG), 1.6% with normal tension POAG, and 0.4% each with primary angle closure glaucoma...

2) National standards for social policy and the governance of interprovincial trade should be administered through agreements among the provinces, exactly as though the provinces were sovereign states. One way or another, the provinces would be entrusted to provide Canada with the uniform standards that could not hitherto be provided by the federal government or by agreement among the provinces.

In order to identify Ramularia species and morphologically similar genera, collections from different localities in Hamedan, Kurdestan and Northern provinces of Iran were obtained and examined during spring-summer 2010–11. All specimens belonging to the genus Ramularia and other morphologically similar genera deposited in the fungus reference collection of the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture we...