In the past decades, cardiovascular diseases were the most common causes of death around the world and in Iran (1, 2). Various factors play an important role in the incidence of CVD; such as environmental, personal as well as lifestyle. We studied the geographical distribution of 19142 CVD deaths f r o m 2004 -2010 in South Khorasan. The mean age of the deceased was 59.3±28.9 years. 28.5% death...

Hossein EBRAHIMI*, Shaban RAHIMI, Pejvak KHAKI, Jesse L. GRIMES, Sophia KATHARIOU Department of Poultry Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Department of Microbiology and Leptospira Reference Laboratory, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karaj, Iran Prestage Department of Poultry Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, North Carolina Sta...

Ardabil Province, northwestern Iran, is endemic for visceral leishmaniasis of Mediterranean type from many years ago. This situation might cause to underestimate other important diseases, which occur sporadically within the same area. In this case, a 6-year-old male patient in this area was treated as infected with visceral leishmaniasis initially with seropositive result for visceral leishmani...

TOPIC 1 : CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT ................................ 1 TRENDS AND VARIATION IN MONTHLY RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE IN SURINAME ....................................................................2 EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF ENSO TELECONNECTION ON CLIMATIC PARAMETERS FLUCTUATIONS IN KHORASAN PROVINCE I.R. OF IRAN..........................................................................

1Department of Pathobiology and Laboratory Science, School of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran; 2Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; 3Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; 4Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Semnan U...

Abstract Dust aerosols have serious influences on different sectors such as the economy, climate change, pollution, transportation and public health. storms increased over Middle East especially impacting central Iraq lately. The goal of work is to identify possible dust sources pathways influencing study area. Using remote sensing data by employing monthly average Aerosol Index (AI-OMI), HYSPL...

Drug Design and Bioinformatics Unit, Medical Biotechnology Department, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, 69 Pasteur St, PO Box 13164, Tehran, Iran Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Jalal Ale Ahmad Highway, PO Box 14115-134, Tehran, Iran Faculty of New Sciences and Technologies, University of Tehran, North Kar...

BACKGROUND Identifying Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) transmission type is a key step in the control of this disease. AIM This study aimed to determine the path and transmission type of MTB and the insertion sequence IS6110 band number and verify their relationship to demographic and clinical risk factors. SUBJECTS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 64 MTB patients from three bord...