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Dariush D. Farhud, MD, Ph.D., MG.
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Vol 23 No 1-4 (1994)
Articles
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Blood samples (291857) from 24 provinces of Iran were tested for ABO and Rh groups. The Rh complexes as well as Kell, Duffy, Kidd, Lutheran, Kp and Xg blood groups were tested only on a part of the material from Tehran. Results show a great deal of heterogeneity for ABO and Rh groups in various provinces of Iran. The calculated gene frequencies are compared with those of other investigations in Iran and those in Europe.
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This study has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the local made charcoal tubes against adsorption of benzene, toluene and xylene vapors. Results indicate that desorption capacity and the recovery percentage decrease as the benzene, toluene and xylene concentrations and also relative humidity increase. It is concluded that the water vapor is the major interfere in the adsorption of mentioned vapors when the air is passed through the activated charcoal bed. The experiments show that the local made charcoal tubes are suitable for sampling in the predicted ranges existing in the work place.
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An investigation was made to study the residual activity and air-borne effect of lambdacyhalothrin (Icon 10 WP) at 30, 40 and 50 a.i. mg/rn2 against An.stephensi in hut scale trials on different surfaces in Mamasani, and Rudan, south of Iran. Bio-assay contact mortality test with Icon at 30 a.i. mgl/m2 on plaster, cement and wood surfaces decreased from 100% to 51.4%, 53% and 63.8% after 84, 80 and 107 days of hut spraying, respectively. At 40 a.i mg/m2 Icon showed longer residual activity than the 30 mg/rn2, i.e. the mortality rate deceased from 100% to 50.7% for plaster, to 52.5% for cement and to 53.5% for wood surfaces, after 105, 105 and 124 days of hut spraying, respectively. Icon at 50 a.i. mg/m2 showed longer residual activity than the former dosages, i.e. the mortality dropped from 100% to 62.1% for plaster, to 50.7% for cement and to 90.4% for wooden surfaces, after 124 days of hut spraying, respectively. The result of air home tests showed that Icon has negligible or slight killing effect on An.stephensi, i.e. at 30. 40 and 50 a.i. mg/m2, the mortality rates dropped from 100% to about 60% after 10, 15 and 25 days of hut spraying, respectively. Based on the results of this study lambdacyhalothrin at 50/m2 had a residual activity for more than 4 months on different surface. It could be concluded that, lambdacyhalothrin at 50 mg/m2 might be a candidate dosage for continuation of study in village scale vial in south of Iran.
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In recent years, a potential connection between human intake of aluminum and Alzheimer’s disease has drawn attention to the aluminum concentration in drinking water. It is therefore of interest to investigate the aluminum concentration m drinking water, produced under different circumstances. A random selection of 152 water samples were taken by the supply source including ground, surface and a combination of both for determination of aluminum concentration in the type of water (raw, finished, or untreated distribution) from Bushehr and Borazjan areas in which aluminum sulphate is used as a coagulation agent. Ground, raw and finished waters samples were collected from each facility, four times throughout a year and analyzed for aluminum by eriochrome cyanine R metnoa. The results indicate that aluminum is more likely to exist in finished waters than in raw and ground water of Bushehr & Borazjan municipal water, by which aluminum sulphate is the main causative agent of increasing the aluminum concentration of finished water below the guideline value regarding the W.H.O standard, but 33.S times more than US limitation. Therefore, application of iron coagulant compounds should be reconsidered.
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A six month Survey (May-October1994) was conducted, to study natural promastigote infection of S.sintoni, its seasonal variation and reservoir host, in Turkemen Sahra, Iran. Sixty out of 403 S.sintoni dissected were found infected with promastigotes. This investigation showed that the peak of promastigote infection occurs in July (18.4%) and August (28.5%). Five lizards including one Cyrtoopodion caspius (Eichwald, 1831), two Trapelus agilis (Oliver 1804) and two Eremias velox (Pallas 1771) were captured, among them C.caspius was infected. Promastigotes were isolated from S.santoni and C.caspius and both isolates were identified as L.(Saurolejshmaini) gymnodactyli by isoenzyme characterization. This is the first report of isolation and characterization of this parasite from the vector and vertebrate host of lizard leishmaniasis in Iran.
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To facilitate a comprehensive whole population visual acuity screening, a 1-meter vision screener “E” chart was prepared to be used in the person-by-person household visual acuity examination by non-expert health workers. The chart is designed to be used in measuring visual acuity from a distance of one meter. The scaling is in terms of-log MAR (logarithm of minimum angle of resolution) with a linear progression from a value of zero to one. It is just used in the study of the Visual Disorders Project as part of the WHO/PBL prevention of blindness program in the city of Baft (Kerman province - Iran) and proved to be efficient. The initial standardization showed a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of more than 56% with 27% false positive results as compared to classic 6-meter Senlien chart.
