This study evaluated the feasibility of a drowning intervention package in northern Islamic Republic of Iran. A quasi-experimental design used pre- and post-observations among residents and tourists in water-recreation beach areas of intervention and control regions by the Caspian Sea and in residents near the Caspian Sea coastline. The fatal drowning rate in the studied resident population in ...

BACKGROUND Cancer is a major public health problem in the world. In Iran especially after a transition to a dynamic and urban community, the pattern of cancer has changed significantly. An important change occurred regarding the incidence of cancer at the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, including Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan province. This study was designed it investigate the epidemiolog...

BACKGROUND Knowledge about the amphistomid fauna in Iranian domestic ruminants depends on the studies conducted almost 30 years ago. The last situation in cattle is introduced here in the provinces in south coast of Caspian Sea. METHODS Amphistomid species were collected from cattle at slaughter houses of the provinces Gilan and Mazanderan in 2010. Median sagittal sections were prepared by th...

between july and august 2009, a total of two hundred crossbreed dogs in three contiguous littoralprovinces of guilan, mazandaran and golestan were sampled. circulating antigens and/or microfilariae ofdirofilaria immitis were found in 25.5% of dogs in the whole studied area. the highest infection rate wasfound in guilan (51.42%), followed by golestan and mazandaran provinces (15.38% and 7.69%, r...

Esophageal cancer is one of the ten most common malignancies worldwide (Parkin et al., 1999). The Kashmir region because of its geographical location is a part of the so called “Asian Esophageal Cancer Belt” (Deshpande et al., 2000), which extends from the northern provinces of China in the east to the southern shores of Caspian Sea in the west. It is one of the most common malignancies seen in...

The CASPIAN Study aims to implement a school-based surveillance system for prevention of noncommunicable diseases from childhood in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The baseline survey was conducted from November 2003 to May 2004 in 23 provinces among 21,111 school students aged 6-18 years and their parents. The data collected included: birth weight and current anthropometric measurements; dietary...

Distribution, biodiversity and biotechnology of Sambucus ebulus L. are not investigated yet (Caprifoliaceae family).There are 20-25 species of the genus of Sambucus L. are known in the world but in Iran, it is etermined only one species, Sambucus ebulus, that distributed in three Northern Provinces next to Caspian Sea (Golestan, Mazandaran and Gillan province). In this short paper, Distribution...

Rodents are mammals that comprise more than 2000 species and approximately 30 families. There are many morphological and ecological differences among them as variations in their shape, size, weight and habitat. In addition to significant economic losses, rodents have a major role in the dissemination of infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites or other micro-organisms. Rodents...

The geographical distribution and ecological preferences of Haemaphysalis in domestic animals in Iran were studied 4 times a year from April 2003 to March 2005. A total of 1,622 ixodid tick specimens were collected from 3 different zones. Among them, 108 (6.7%) Haemaphysalis ticks, consisting of 6 species, were identified; H. punctata (3.4%), H. parva (0.5%), H. sulcata (0.6%), H. choldokovskyi...