OBJECTIVE To evaluate the viral antibodies in new Iranian multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. METHODS In a cross-sectional study, sera from 61 MS patients and 60 healthy individuals were collected from January 2009 to March 2010 in the Immunology Department of Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran, and examined for the presence of the anti-Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human herpes virus ...

Hydatidosis is one of the most important parasitic diseases worldwide, and it is caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus. This disease is endemic in Iran and can cause large losses of life and property. A few studies have been done in this area in Arak city, Iran. This study aims to investigate the prevalence of medical and surgical treatment of patients with hydatid cyst in hospi...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Tetanus and diphtheria are vaccine-preventable, infectious diseases with significant morbidity and mortality. Immunization by the diphtheria and tetanus toxoid (DT) has been applied in Iran for almost 50 years. However, there are very few data about the rate of immunity to these diseases in the adult population. the humoral immunity to tetanus and diphtheria among bloo...

an increase in heavy metal pollution in the soils of arak due to industrialization and urbanization has become an environmental problem. the region hosts several industrial facilities which are the main source for hazardous wastes which include electric, metal, automotive supply industry, food, machinery, and chemicals. soil samples were collected from these industrial areas in the central and ...

background: contamination of the environment due to heavy metals is a major concern to human life and the environment. this study was conducted to investigate and quantify the copper and zinc concentrations in industrial estates soil in arak, iran. methods: four industrial estates were considered for the experimental design, including arak 1, arak 2, arak 3, and ghotbe sanaati. for preliminary ...

effect of educational program bases on transtheoretical model constructs on cognitive and beharioral processes for smoking cessation     hekmatpoue d [1] , ouroji ma [2] , shamsi m [3] *     received: 3 jul , 2013 accepted: 14 sep , 2013   abstract   background & aims: smoking as the leading cause of diseases in the world is increasing . smoking cessetation can prevent the death, but the rate o...

Arak tradisional bali merupakan minuman beralkohol yang diperoleh dari hasil fermentasi nira berasal tanaman siwalan. koktail kecarum adalah terbuat arak dengan penambahan berbagai macam rempah-rempah atau herbal. Pengembangan metode analisis kandungan senyawa kimia pada umumnya untuk menentukan alkohol, tetapi penelitian mengenai metabolit sekunder belum banyak dilakukan secara signifikan. Ber...