BACKGROUND Cercarial dermatitis' or swimmer's itch' is an itchy inflammatory response to the penetration of the skin by non-human schistosome parasites. In the hot season, (May to September) in Khuzestan province in the south west of Iran, swimming in canals and agriculture activities in swampy areas are common. This survey was made on people from villages north of Ahwaz city in south west Iran...

OBJECTIVE To document the epidemiology and risk factors of acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the west of Iran and specify potentially presentable characteristics. STUDY DESIGN Observational study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Imam Khomeini Hospital of Kermanshah, Iran, from July 2006 to March 2008. METHODOLOGY This study was conducted using the records of 143 cases of CO poisoning re...

the pond snail lymnaea auricularia serves as an intermediate host for many digenian species. in west azerbaijan province, northwestern iran, the cercariae infection investigation was undertaken in l. auricularia from may to november 2010. of 6759 collected lymnaeid snails, 370(5.5%) l. auricularia snails were identified. cercariae infection was found in a number of 276 (74.56 %) snails. the res...