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Objective: To identify the anti-Toxoplasma antibodies from blood donors who referred to blood transfusion bases of Jahrom County, using ELISA method. Methods: Based on the prevalence and characteristics method, 400 serum samples were collected from blood donors referred to Jahrom blood transfusion bases, Southern Iran, during 2010-2011, designed at testing by ELISA. IgM and IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii were tested using ELISA kits (Dia-Pro) on serums. The data were analysed by SPSS 19 software. Results: Review of 400 cases, 54 of them were IgG positive for parasites (13.5%) and 346 of those with negative IgG (86.5%). In IgM examination, 1.75% of them have been positive IgM (7 cases) and 98.25% of them were IgM negative (393 cases). By comparing the different group ages, 40-50 year age group had the highest prevalence of IgG positive (17.9%) and the age group of 30-40 years had the highest incidence of IgM negative (2.5%). Conclusions: Due to the serological infection rate of toxoplasmosis obtained from this study, toxoplasmosis should be considered as a significant transfusion risk factor in Jahrom and also in any region with similar situations.
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The purpose of this study was to determine normal reference values for urine calcium-creatinine [Ca/C] ratio in Iranian children of Jahrom, in south-east of Iran. A total of 1068 school-age children were included by stratified clustered random sampling from primary schools of Jahrom, Iran, between March 2008 and May 2008. Nonfasting random urine specimens from each subject were analyzed for calcium and creatinine concentrations. The mean ratio of urine Ca/C in all children was 0.123 +/- 0.106 [range, 0.01 to 2.25], and the 95th percentile value was 0.25. Nonfasting Ca/C ratios were not significantly different between the boys and the girls. The Ca/C ratio was highest in 9-year-old children [mean, 0.132 +/- 0.11]. Based on the 95 percentile value of urine Ca/C [> 0.25] in the present study, 5.1% of the children in Jahrom were hypercalciuric. The prevalence of hypercalciuria differed with age [P=.06], and the most prevalent rate was observed in 9-year-old group [9.3%]. We provided a reference value for urine Ca/C ratio in south-east Iranian children. A child's age and ethnicity should be taken into consideration when assessing the urinary solute-creatinine ratios
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Humans , Male , Female , Creatinine/urine , Calcium/urine , Schools , Students , Reference Values , Age FactorsABSTRACT
Myiasis is the invasion of animal or human tissues by the larval stage of flies [diptera]. It is an accidental infestation in human. In this report a rural fifty-six-year old patient with myiasis on the scalp is presented. He was referred to clinic with a mass on his left temporo-occipital area. There was no history of trauma to his head or presence of ulcer on his scalp. On physical examination an ulcer sized 2x3 centimeters full of larvae was observed. The diagnosis of myiasis was made. Larvae were removed, tetanus vaccine was inoculated and oral antibiotics were prescribed. Parasitological examination determined the causative agent as Chrysomya bezziana