Infectious diseases in Iran: a bird's eye view

Thanks to improved health standards in Iran over the past three decades, we have witnessed a shift in the causes of death in Iran from infectious causes to non-communicable diseases—mainly cardiovascular disorders, cancers, and road traffic injuries. The incidence and prevalence of many infectious d...

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Published inClinical microbiology and infection Vol. 18; no. 11; pp. 1081 - 1088
Main Authors Askarian, M., Mansour Ghanaie, R., Karimi, A., Habibzadeh, F.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2012
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Wiley-Blackwell
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Bacterial infections
Biological and medical sciences
Communicable Disease Control - methods
communicable diseases
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
Cross Infection - epidemiology
drug resistance
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
epidemiology
General aspects
Hepatitis C virus
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
incidence
infection control
Infectious diseases
Iran - epidemiology
Medical sciences
microbial
Mycobacterium
Parasitic diseases
prevalence
Schistosoma
Viral diseases
Iran
Asia
epidemiology
prevalence
Bacterial infections
communicable diseases
parasitic diseases
infection control
drug resistance
microbial
incidence
viral diseases
Treatment resistance
Prevalence
Check
Communicable disease
Parasitosis
Epidemiology
Incidence
Prevention
Infection
Eye
Vertebrata
Viral disease
Bacteriosis
Aves
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Summary:Thanks to improved health standards in Iran over the past three decades, we have witnessed a shift in the causes of death in Iran from infectious causes to non-communicable diseases—mainly cardiovascular disorders, cancers, and road traffic injuries. The incidence and prevalence of many infectious diseases, such as many parasitic infections, have fallen significantly; there have been no reported cases of dracunculiasis in Iran since the mid-1970s. Great strides have also been made towards the elimination of schistosomiasis in Iran. However, we still have some problems with cutaneous leishmaniasis, hepatitis C, human immunodeficiency virus, tuberculosis, infections among immunocompromised hosts, hospital-acquired infections, and antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains. We need to emphasize improvements in sanitation, good clinical practice, and education about the rational administration of antibiotics.
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ISSN:1198-743X
1469-0691
DOI:10.1111/1469-0691.12021