Malaria situation analysis and stratification in Bandar Abbas Country, Southern Iran, 2004-2008

The aim of this study was that the past five years data were collected to analyze the situation of malaria and health facilities in this area for better understanding malaria problem and to find solutions. In this retrospective study data of the last 5 years were obtained from health center of Bandar Abbas, published papers and reports, weather forecasting organization of the city and annual reports of Hormozgan official authorities. An excel databank was created and analysis was conducted using this software. According to the national health system, Bandar Abbas also has referral net work system from periphery to the district health center. The maximum and minimum Annual Parasitic Index [API] were observed in 2005 [1.31] and 2008 [0.17], respectively. The prevalence of cases in villages was more than city, except for 2008. More than 97.6% of indigenous malaria cases were caused by Plasmodium vivax, although P. falciparum, P. ovale and mix infection were also reported. Anopheles stephensi, An. dthali and An. fluviatilis are the main malaria vectors in rural area, while only the first species is distributed in the urban area. According to results and many variables including API, Bandar Abbas is divided in two strata. From the situation analysis of Bandar Abbas it is postulated that the main activities of this district could be accuracy of data, and malaria vector control

[Oral appearances in patients with diabetic type I]

Diabetes mellitus is a syndrome in -which energy metabolism equilibrium is disturbed due toloss of secreted insulin or fault in it's function. The result is abnormal metabolim of carbohydrate proteinand fat. Numerous oral soft tissue lesions were reported in diabetic patient. The goal of this study was tocompare the relative frequency of oral manifestation in diabetic patients [type I] in diabetic research centerwith normal community of Isfahan.This experimental study was of case-control type. Popualation in which the study was conductedconsisted of 96 diabetic patients and 96 healthy individuals who were relatives of diabetic patients accompanyingthem. Simple sampling method was used as the method of sampling Data were collected from research center byexamining diabetic and control group. Data were then registeried in preformed check lists and statisticallyanalyzed.Data showed that relative frequency of irritation fibroma, fissure tongue, traumatic ulcers, xerostomia, glossodynia and Candida related ulcer was 6.2, 21.9, 8.4, 57.3, 9.4 and 6.2 percent respectively. Their frequencyin control group was 21, 9.4, 3.1, 16.6, 3.1 and 2.1 per cent respectively.There was statistically significant differences between frequency of these lesions and casecontrol group. Comparing results of this study with the study of Guggenheim indicates that prevalence ofthese lesions in our case group was higher than his study group finally further study is suggested todetermine the etiology of this high prevalence in our study group