M. MOMENI A. SHAFIEE, M. HEIDARI, M. K. JAFARI AND M. R. MAHDAVIFAR Dept. of Civil Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, I. R. of Iran Email: [email protected] Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, No. 26, W. Arghavan St., N. Dibaji St., Tehran, I. R. of Iran Geology Dept., Facu...

background: toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoan toxoplasma gondii. the aim of this study was investigate the prevalence of toxoplasmosis among young women who referred to check up for toxoplasmosis attended in shahid beheshti hospital, hamadan during 2013-2014. m aterials and methods: this study was performed on 2523 pregnant women who referred to laboratory of shahid b...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Encephalitis can cause a severe public health problem. The main aim of this research was to evaluate the medical laboratory results of patients with Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) encephalitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Diagnosis of encephalitis for these patients was firstly based on a clinical profile for Herpes Simplex Encephalitis (HSE), plus either a detected HSV1&2-DNA...

patients and methods this cross-sectional study was performed on 1202 ms patients in farshchian hospital, hamadan, in 2013. all patients were diagnosed with definite ms. a questionnaire was used to gather information; demographic characteristics, medical history, signs and symptoms at onset, course of disease, relatives with ms, and degree and type of relationship were recorded. conclusions the...

background: there was not documented evidence of toxoplasma infection in hamadan previously, but a brief report of isolation of a t. gondi strain from a turkey that it had high virulence to mice. in order to study of toxoplasma infection in the at risk population and to determine seropositivity in this target population, women aged 15 to 45 years, a study carried out in hamadan. methods: a tota...

BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is the fourth most common cancer worldwide and is the second most lethal cancer. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate psychological predictors of prostate cancer screening behaviors among men over 50 years of age in Hamadan. MATERIALS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out on 200 men over 50 years of age in Hamadan, west of Iran. Par...

BACKGROUND Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite causes cryptosporidial diarrhea, which is typically a short-lasting benign infection, but can become severe and non-resolving in immunocompromised individuals. The aim of the present study was to determinate the prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in livestock and humans that were in contact with livestock in Hamadan district, Iran. METHO...