Publications by authors named "Babak Nakhostin"
Spatial Distribution and Epidemiological Factors of Brucellosis in Ardabil Province, Iran.
Health Serv Res Manag Epidemiol
November 2023
Introduction: Brucellosis is one of the most prevalent infectious diseases in the world that infects humans directly through contaminated livestock or indirectly through animal products and induces high medical and economic damage annually.
Objective: Using geographic information system (GIS) software to determine the hot spots of brucellosis and the spatial correlation and type of disease distribution.
Methods: We extracted the incidence cases of the disease from 2016 to 2020 in this retrospective cross-sectional study using the disease registration system of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences.
Background: We aimed to investigate the epidemiological, clinical and paraclinical aspects of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Ardabil Province, from 1986 to 2018.
Methods: The disease has been diagnosed by a serological validate test as Direct Agglutination Test, parasitological methods, and clinical manifestations. The data were collected and then analyzed.