conclusions health disobedience and neglect of local residents were the causes of water pollution that was controlled with preventional measures, with performing daily chlorination of brick kilns drinking water and diarrheal disease treatment of the patients. results a total of 120 workers were studied (60 cases and 60 controls) who were the same from age and sex point of view. clinical signs o...

epidemics of methanol poisoning happen across the globe. there are prognostic factors associated with morbidity or mortality from methanol poisoning. recently we have compared retrospective observational case series of methanol-poisoned patients from norway (1979 and 2002-2005), estonia (2001) and tunisia (2003/2004), and patients from two different centers in iran (teheran 2004-2009 and mashha...

background: world health organization (who) reported continuous increase of alcohol consumption in southeast asian region. on social and religious ground, open alcohol consumption is banned in bangladesh though incidence of acute methanol intoxication is seriously increasing. unfortunately, apart from who report (2004) there is no available epidemiological and clinical data in bangladesh. this ...

introduction crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever (cchf) is an acute viral zoonotic disease, which is endemic in vast geographic areas including the middle east. the causative agent, crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever virus (cchfv), is a nairovirus, which is mainly transmitted to human from infected hard ticks and viremic livestock. discussion given that viremic livestock are the main source of cchf ou...

conclusions none of the foodstuffs distributed among the pilgrims were the reason for this disease, and studying outbreaks in caravans with higher sample sizes is suggested. results only canned rice and fish had a relative risk higher than one, although both were not statistically significant. therefore, it could be stated that the consumed foodstuffs have not caused this outbreak. materials an...

background: hydrogen sulfide (h2s) suicides have been frequent in japan in recent years. this study was performed to describe the epidemiologic profile of an outbreak of h2s suicides in japan. methods: in september 2008, questionnaires about patients involved in h2s suicides were sent to 250 hospitals in japan. data collected from each patient included gender, age, clinical manifestations, date...

conclusions although the general knowledge of our study groups on ai is relatively fair, they are not prepared for ai epidemics. background medical staff’s knowledge and preparedness has an important role in providing specialized care to the patients as well as controlling and preventing the epidemics. objectives the aim of the study is to examine and compare the knowledge and preparedness in t...

background: the outbreaks of foodborne diseases is a major health problem and occur daily in all countries, from the most to the least developed. this study is the first report of foodborne outbreaks in iran that carried out from 2006 to 2011. methods: a retrospective, longitudinal study carried out using foodborne disease national surveillance system data from 2006-2011, which have been report...

Background: The outbreaks of foodborne diseases is a major health problem and occur daily in all countries, from the most to the least developed. This study is the first report of foodborne outbreaks in Iran that carried out from 2006 to 2011. Methods:  A retrospective, longitudinal study carried out using foodborne disease national surveillance system data from 2006-2011, which have been re...