BACKGROUND AND AIM The prevalence of childhood asthma varies among different nations and appears to have increased in recent years. It has been difficult to determine this prevalence precisely and compare the communities due to the lack of a standardized method. The International Studies of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) has developed a written and video questionnaire to measure asth...

BACKGROUND One of the most important zoonotic helminths in the world is known as Echinococcus granulosus. Different strains of the E. granulosus have been described based on morphological and molecular characterizations, however, there is limited information regarding the characteristics of the phenotypes and genotypes of E. granulosus in Iran. METHODS The present study was prepared to evalua...

intestinal parasitic infections are still a healthy problem in many developing countries, although intestinal parasitic infection has reduced in recent years, it is still prevalent in many regions of iran. this study was carried out in order to determine fauna and prevalence of human intestinal parasites in patients referred to kashan reference laboratory in 2007-2011. totally 6348 persons (53%...

cDNA Cloning and Structure of the Mouse Rictor Gene A 867 bp rictor cDNA fragment was originally obtained as mouse homologue of the pianissimo gene of Dictyostelium (Chen et al., 1997) during a search for genes that were preferentially expressed in the insulinoma-derived cells. Using this cDNA fragment as a probe, additional rictor cDNA fragments were isolated from a pituitary corticotroph AtT2...

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Background: Ergonomic risk factors are among the critical for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in office workers. Objectives: This study investigated MSD prevalence and ergonomic of staff workstations at Kashan University Medical Sciences (KAUMS), Kashan, Iran. Methods: cross-sectional was conducted 2021. The samples were workers KAUMS who had more than one year work experience worked with comp...

BACKGROUND Circulatory management is a critical issue in pre-hospital transportation phase of multiple trauma patients. However, the quality of this important care did not receive enough attention. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the quality of pre-hospital circulatory management in patients with multiple trauma. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a cross-sectional study cond...

The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and molecular characterization of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes (qnrA, qnrB, qnrS, aac(6')-Ib-cr, and qepA) among ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Kashan, Iran. A total of 185 K. pneumoniae isolates were tested for quinolone resistance and ESBL-producing using the disk diffusion method and double disk...