BACKGROUND Hamadan Province is one of the high-risk regions in Iran for Multiple sclerosis (MS). A majority of the epidemiological studies conducted in Iran addressing MS are descriptive. This study was conducted to assess MS and its associated risk factors in Hamadan Province, the west of Iran. METHODS This case-control study compared 100 patients with MS (case group) and 100 patients with a...

1Biology Department, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IR Iran 2Neurophysiology Research Center, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran 3Physiology Department, Medicine Faculty, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, IR Iran 4Biology Department, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Hamadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, ...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological information on tuberculosis (TB) is required to plan control and prevention strategies and to inform service delivery systems. The aim of present study was to determine the epidemiological status of TB in Hamadan Province covering a seven-year period. METHODS In this cross-sectional study all registered TB patients suffering from any form of smear-positive, smear-ne...

Hamadan province in western Iran has always been of particular archaeological significance mainly because its administrative centre Ecbatana, modern Hamadan. In 2005 a bas-relief dating to the Parthian period was found southern highlands Alvand, Yakhchal valley. Recently, second relief, very similar one, at Mydan Mishan. This relief depicts person lying on klinè with his legs stretched out and ...

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most economically important and destructive fungal diseases of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Golestan province, one of the most important zones of wheat cultivation in Iran, is also known for its high rate of digestive tract cancer, which has been attributed to many biotic factors such as fungal toxins. In order to investigate the distribution of toxicog...

BACKGROUND Few studies have focused on syndromic data to determine levels of alarm thresholds to detection of meningitis outbreaks. The purpose of this study was to determine threshold levels of meningitis outbreak in Hamadan Province, west of Iran. METHODS Data on both confirmed and suspected cases of meningitis (fever and neurological symptom) form 21 March 2010 to 20 March 2012 were used i...

1 Department of Radiology Technology, Faculty of Para-medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 2 Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 3 Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran 4 Department of radiology, Besat Hospital, Hamadan University of Medi...

The objective of the current study was to determine seasonal changes in glucose, cholesterol, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), serum inorganic phosphorous (SIP), calcium, magnesium and iron concentrations in Nguni and crossbred cattle on the sweet and sour rangelands of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Body weights, body condition scores (BCS) and serum concentrations of energy-rela...