BACKGROUND PCR has been used for confirmation of leishmaniasis in epidemiological studies, but complexity of DNA extraction and PCR approach has confined its routine use in developing countries. OBJECTIVES In this study, recent epidemiological situation of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in two hyper-endemic metropolises of Shiraz and Isfahan in Iran was studied using DNA extraction by commercia...

INTRODUCTION Electronic medical record system (EMRS) is a valuable system for safe access to the patient's data and increases health care quality. Manpower is one of the requirements for EMRS, among which manager is the most important person in any hospital. Taking into account manager's positive attitude and good commitments, EMRS will be implemented successfully. As such, we decided to assess...

In Iran, there have been a few cases of leprosy in several provinces, however, native physicians believe that leprosy is not present primarily in an Isfahan endemic area. We performed an investigation either to approve or rule out this idea. We found 25 lepra patients who were registered and followed in Isfahan Leprosy Health Registeration Center, all of whom were infected in other regions and ...

Measurements of height and weight are important data source relating to growth and development, puberty, and nutritional status of children and adolescents. In clinical setting, the charts of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), USA, are used in Iran. A survey identified significant differences in weight- and height-for-age across provinces, between urban and rural children. Althou...

Arefeh Kazemi 1,*, Antonio Toral 2, Andy Way 3, Amirhassan Monadjemi 1,* and Mohammadali Nematbakhsh 1 1 Department of Computer Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 81746-73441, Iran; [email protected] 2 Center for Language and Cognition, University of Groningen, Groningen 9712 EK, The Netherlands; [email protected] 3 ADAPT Centre, School of Computing, Dublin City University, Du...

Periodontal disease is among the most common oral conditions. However, due to absence of patient complaints in cases, dental clinicians often pay less attention periodontal status. This study aimed assess clinicians’ therapy treatment planning patients presenting clinics Isfahan city during 2016-2017. cross-sectional evaluated 251 Isfahan. The plan suggest

respect and reverence for water and trees are institutionalised in many ancient civilisations due to socio-cultural traditions, values and beliefs. in iranian societies, respect for trees and water, separately and in composite form as gardens, is a well-known cultural value both before and after islam. therefore, the first part of this paper explains the value and importance of plants and garde...

This paper focuses on the exposure and fragility/vulnerability of residential, mixed residential/commercial, public building stock city Isfahan, in Central Iran, constitutes first part a seismic risk assessment study for that city. To determine assets at risk, we summarize details population from available georeferenced 2011 Census data. From this dataset local survey city, categorize taxonomy ...

a clinical and epidemiological comparison of the cutaneous leishmaniasis was carried out among 100 victims of cutaneous leishmaniasis who were living in the villages of isfahan area, and 100 other patients of the lesions have been determined and analyzed. comparison of patients of the city with that of neighboring villages shows that both type of cutaneous leishmaniasis are prevalent in isfahan...