introduction: although the hepatitis e virus mostly causes a self-limited disease in general population, but the disease is more severe in pregnant women. hepatitis e accounts for about 10% of pregnancy associated deaths in southern asia. but the prevalence in iran is almost unclear, so this study is aimed to investigate the seroprevalence of anti-hev igg among a population of pregnant women in...

BACKGROUND Abuse and violence against women constitute a global public health problem and are particularly important among women of reproductive age. The literature is not conclusive regarding the impact of violence against pregnant women on adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preterm birth, small for gestational age and postpartum depression. Most studies have been conducted on relatively smal...

introduction: women are very susceptible to urinary tract infections and pregnancy raises the risk of urinary tract infection. in general, little information on the risk factors of urinary tract infection in pregnancy is underway. urinary tract infection in pregnancy is an important risk factor for pregnancy dire consequences. the purpose of this study is to find risk factors associated with ur...

- to compare colonization of group b streptococcus (gbs) in diabetic and non-diabetic pregnant women. in this prospective study 50 pregnant women with diabetes mellitus (both pregestational and gestational) and 43 pregnant women without diabetes between 33 and 37 weeks' gestation were evaluated. three samples for group b streptococcal culture detection were obtained from each subject in the fol...

the incidence and hematological effects of helminth infection during pregnancy were investigated among pregnant women in isiala, mbano, southeast nigeria.totally 282 pregnant women were enlisted for the study between october 2011 and september 2012. stool samples were examined for intestinal helminths using formalin-ether sedimentation technique. hemoglobin (hb) and packed cell volume (pcv) lev...

background and objective:  early diagnosis of streptococcus agalactiae remains difficult, since symptoms are very nonspecific. its frequency has not been completely investigated in urinary tract pathogen of pregnant ant and non pregnant women in iran. the aim of this study was determining the frequency of group b streptococci in female patients. materials and methods: a total of 11800 urine sp...

background: the occurrence of maternal death would threaten the family foundation and children's health. determining important factors affecting this indicator can help us adopt strategies to prevent similar deaths. the aim of this study was to determine the causes of maternal deaths during childbirth in ilam, iran  in 2001-10. methods: in a descriptive, retrospective study, all 25 dead mothers...

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...