INTRODUCTION Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is endemic in southeast Iran. In this study we present the epidemiological features of CCHF and its relationship with climate factors in over a 13-year span. METHODOLOGY Surveillance system data of CCHF from 2000 to 2012 were obtained from the Province Health Centre of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in southeast Iran. The climate dat...

background: girls are one of the high risk groups for iron deficiency anemia. iron supplementation program is a preventive strategy for female students in high schools in iran. this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of iron supplements consumption among high school students in the southeast of iran.   methods: a quantitative study was conducted in zahedan (the capital of sistan and baloche...

Tuberculous meningitis (TBM) and acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) cause substantial mortality and morbidity in both children and adults. Identification of poor prognostic factors at patient's admission could prepare physicians for more aggressive monitoring of patients with meningitis. The objective of this study was to determine the predictive value of neurological features to differentiate AB...

F. Hosseinzadeh Lot a, A. A. Noora b, H. Nikoomaram c, M. Alimardani d , M. Modi e (a) Dept. of Math. Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran,Iran. (b) Dept. of Math. Sistan and Balochestan University, Iran, (c) Dept. of Management. Science and Research Branch,Islamic Azad University, Tehran,Iran. (d) Dept. of Math. Tehran -North Branch,Islamic Azad University, Tehran,Iran,...

BACKGROUND Opium abuse significantly affects the nutritional status of users and frequently leads to undernourishment. Methadone maintenance therapy has been used as one of the possible ways to prevent of infection diseases such as HIV and hepatitis B and C and improve the quality of life in opioid-dependent patients. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the anthropometric and socio...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of celiac disease is common in Iran. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of celiac disease in apparently healthy blood donors of Sistan and Balouchestan Province, southeastern Iran. METHODS Serum samples of 1600 consecutive apparently healthy blood donors at Zahedan Blood Donation Center were assayed for anti-tissue transglutaminase (tTG) ant...

Malaria is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the world. Convenient diagnosis of the disease in endemic area is essential for appropriate follow-up and treatment of the disease. Standard thick and thin blood smears examined under the microscope still remains the most reliable and definitive method for diagnosis of malaria1,2. It has been shown that performance of quality control p...

the aim of the present paper is to study the status of the short vowels /i/ and /u/ in five selected iranian balochi dialects. these dialects are spoken in sistan (si), saravan (sa), khash (kh), iranshahr (ir), and chabahar (ch) regions located in province sistan va baluchestan in the southeast of iran. this study investigates whether these two vowels have the same qualities as the short /i/ an...

1 Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 2 Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran 3 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IR Iran 4 Center for Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Rese...