Medical Journal of The Islamic Republic of Iran (MJIRI)

Can judgments according to case fatality rate be correct all the time during epidemics? Estimated cases based on CFR in different scenarios and some lessons from early case fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 in Iran

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Modeling and forecasting trend of COVID-19 epidemic in Iran until May 13, 2020 

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Commentary: Remote electronic consultation for COVID-19 patients in teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran

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Estimation of the net reproductive number of COVID-19 in Iran

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Lessons to be learned from the prevalence of COVID-19 in Iran

Mona Omidi , Ali Maher  , Samira Etesaminia  

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Perceived stress due to COVID-19 in Iran: Emphasizing the role of social networks 

Azad Shokri , Ghobad Moradi , Bakhtiar Piroozi , Sonia Darvishi , Shina Amirhosseini , Arshad Veysi , Fatemeh Manafi  , Amjad Mohamadi Bolbanabad 

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Design and development of a web-based registry for Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease 

Hadi Kazemi-Arpanahi , Khadijeh Moulaei  , Mostafa Shanbehzadeh 

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Attitudinal, regional and sex related vulnerabilities to COVID-19: Considerations for early flattening of curve in Nigeria 
Jude Okoye 

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Coincidence of COVID-19 epidemic and olfactory dysfunction outbreak in Iran

Seyed Hamidreza Bagheri , Alimohamad Asghari , Mohammad Farhadi , Ahmad Reza Shamshiri , Ali Kabir , Seyed Kamran Kamrava , Maryam Jalessi , Alireza Mohebbi , Rafieh Alizadeh , Ali Asghar Honarmand , Babak Ghalehbaghi , Alireza Salimi  , Fatemeh Dehghani Firouzabadi 

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Sources of news as a necessity for improving community health literacy about COVID-19 

Seyed Mohammad Hashemi-Shahri , Mohammad Khammarnia , Alireza Ansari-Moghaddam , Fatemeh Setoodehzadeh , Hassan Okati-Aliabad  , Mostafa Peyvand 

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Coronavirus: Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications from 1968 to 2020 

Vasna Joshua  , Satish Sivaprakasam 

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Design and development of a web-based registry for Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease 

Hadi Kazemi-Arpanahi , Khadijeh Moulaei  , Mostafa Shanbehzadeh 

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Resilient urban form to pandemics: Lessons from COVID-19 

Azadeh Lak , Shideh Shakouri Asl  , Ali Maher 
 

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 All-cause excess mortality and COVID-19-related deaths in Iran 
Hooman Tadbiri , Maziar Moradi-Lakeh  , Mohsen Naghavi 

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Ethical considerations and interdisciplinary approach to research on COVID-19 pandemic: The response of Iran University of Medical Sciences 

Akram Hashemi , Fatemeh Bahmani , Saeedeh Saeedi Tehrani , Mina Forouzandeh , Jalil Koohpayehzadeh , Mortaza Ashrafi , Majid Reza Khalajzadeh  , Seyed Abbas Motevalian 

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Investigating the factors affecting the survival rate in patients with COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study 

Babak Eshrati , Hamid Reza Baradaran , Saeed Erfanpoor , Arash Mohazzab  , Yousef Moradi 

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Estimation of the basic reproduction number (𝑅0) of the COVID-19 epidemic in Iran 

Seyyedeh Sara Azimi , Fatemeh Koohi , Mohammad Aghaali , Roya Nikbakht , Maryam Mahdavi , Yaser Mokhayeri , Rasool Mohammadi , Niloufar Taherpour , Mehran Nakhaeizadeh , Davood Khalili , Hamid Sharifi  , Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari 

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Implementation of regional COVID-19 registry in Hormozgan (RCovidRH), Iran: Rationale and study protocol 

Farid Khorrami , Mehraban Shahi , Nasrin DavariDolatabadi , Nader Alishan Karami , Mehdi HasaniAzad , Fereshteh Jafarian  , Abbas Sheikhtaheri 

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A model of reopening businesses to decrease the heath and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Iran 

Hesam Seyedin , Ali-Mohamad Zanganeh , Mohammadbagher Mojtabaei , Rafat Bagherzadeh  , Hushyar Faghihi 

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Stigma in COVID-19: A barrier to seek medical care and family support 

Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi , Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi  , Maziar Moradi-Lakeh 

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The effects of COVID-19 on mental health of the society: A dynamic approach in Iran 

Alireza Raeisi , Ahmad Hajebi , Maryam Rasoulian  , Maryam Abbasinejad 

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Comorbidity of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the first episode of bipolar disorder and its treatment challenges: A case report 

Fatemeh Kashaninasab , Reza Panahi Dashdebi  ,  Mir Farhad Ghalehbandi 

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Pulmonary rehabilitation and exercise therapy in a patient with COVID-19: A Case report 

Parisa Arzani , Minoo Khalkhali Zavieh , Khosro Khademi-Kalantari  , Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban 

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Letter to editor: Covid-19 and dealing with it-lessons learned in Iran 

Pooneh Maziar , Sajjad Razavi  , Leila Hosseini Ghavamabad 

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Development of minimal basic data set to report COVID-19 

Mostafa Shanbehzadeh  , Hadi Kazemi-Arpanahi 

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Geriatric challenges in the new coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic: A systematic review

Masoumeh Mohamadi Mohamadi , Azadeh Goodarzi , Armin Aryannejad , Nima Fattahi , Mahtab Alizadeh-Khoei , Shahnaz Miri , Hamidreza Hekmat , Moloud Payab  , Mohammad Bodaghabadi 

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Letter to the editor: COVID-19 and all-cause excess mortality in Iran in spring 2020 

Hooman Tadbiri , Maziar Moradi-Lakeh  , Mohsen Naghavi 

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Management of colon and rectal cancers during COVID-19 pandemic: A clinical guideline (TUMS-CRC-CoV19 Guideline) 

Mohammad Reza Keramati , Behnam Behboudi , Seyed Mohsen Ahmadi-Tafti , Alireza Kazemeini , Amir Keshvari , Faeze Salahshour , Mahdi Aghili , Foroogh Alborzi , Najmeh Aletaha , Mohammad Babaei , Mohammad Naeem Bangash , Nasser Ebrahimi-Daryani , Amir Hossein Emami , Farshid Farhan , Peiman Haddad , Mohammad Kalani , Amirhosein Naseri , Farhad Shahi  , Mohammad Sadegh Fazeli 

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Awareness, anxiety, and depression in healthcare professionals, medical students, and general population of Pakistan during COVID-19 Pandemic: A cross sectional online survey 

Sardar Muhammad Alfareed Zafar , Muhammad Junaid Tahir , Muna Malik , Muhammad Irfan Malik , Fahd Kamal Akhtar  , Rubi Ghazala 

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The novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic: Knowledge, attitude, practice, and perceived stress among health care workers in Karachi, Pakistan

Fatima Jawed , Sana Manazir , Arhama Zehra  , Ramsha Riaz 

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Association of cigarette smoking, obesity, and underlying medical conditions with COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality in Iran: A nationwide retrospective ecological study

Zahra Khorrami , Sairan Nili , Hamid Sharifi , Sana Eybpoosh  , Mostafa Shokoohi 

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Educational obstetrics-gynecology department policy due to adaptation during Covid-19 pandemic

Hajar Abbasi , Athena Behforouz  , Atefeh Moridi 

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COVID-19: Case fatality and ACE2 inhibitors treatment concerns in patients with comorbidities 

Rokhsareh Aghili , Maryam Honardoost  , Mohammad E Khamseh 

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Adherence to Self-isolation measures by older adults during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic: A phone survey in Iran

Mohsen Shati , Ali Alami , Seyede Salehe Mortazavi , Sana Eybpoosh , Mohammad Hassan Emamian  , Manije Moghadam 

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Universal health coverage for strengthening prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in COVID-19 era 

Amirhossein Takian , Ahad Bakhtiari  , Afshin Ostovar 
 

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Letter to Editor: Recommendations for safer management of holding OSCE during COVID-19 outbreak 

Ehsan Bastanhagh , Saeid Safari  , Mahboobeh Khabaz Mafinejad 

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Mental health care for hospitalized COVID-19 patients; an experience from Iran 

Fatemeh Sadat Mirfazeli , Seyed Hamid Reza Faiz , Behnam Shariati , Poupak Rahimzadeh  , Saeed Kalantari 

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Devastating urban flooding and dengue outbreak during the COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistan 

Muhammad Junaid Tahir  , Ahsun Rizwan Siddiqi Siddiqi , Irfan Ullah Ullah , Ali Ahmed Ahmed , Juman Dujaili Dujaili  , Muhammad Saqlain Saqlain 

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Nongovernmental organizations and social aspects of COVID-19 pandemic: A successful experience in health policy 

Mahasti Alizadeh , Madineh Abbasi , Narges Bashirivand , Atefe Mojtahed  , Salah Eddin Karimi 

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Efficacy and safety of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: A comprehensive evidence synthesis of clinical, animal, and in vitro studies
 
Farzaneh Barzkar , Mitra Ranjbar , Amir-Babak Sioofy-Khojine , Mohammadamin Khajehazad , Roya Vesal Azad , Yousef Moradi  , Hamid Reza Baradaran 

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Segmentation of COVID-19 pneumonia lesions: A deep learning approach

Zahra Ghomi , Reza Mirshahi , Arash Khameneh bagheri , Ali Fattahpour , Saeed Mohammadiun , Abdorreza Alavi Gharahbagh , Abtin Djavadifar , Hossein Arabalibeik , Rehan Sadiq  , Kasun Hewage 

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Opportunity cost and COVID-19: A perspective from health economics 
Mario Olivera 

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Clinical features of 50 cases of 2019 novel coronavirus in Bandar Abbas, Iran 

Hashem Jarineshin , Fateme Saljoughi , Hamideh Estabraghnia Babaki , Mehdi Hassaniazad , Masoumeh kheirandish , Amin Ghanbarnejad  , Shahla Sohrabipour 

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The role of individual factors on corona-induced hypochondriasis and job stress: A case study in workplace 

Seyed Mahdi Mousavi , Saeid Yazdanirad , Mahsa Jahadi Naeini , Milad Abbasi  , Marzieh Sadeghian 

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Cutaneous hemorrhagic bullae in a patient with COVID-19: A case report 

Mohammad Karimi Alavije , Mohammad Hadi Karbalaie Niya , Afsaneh Sadeghzadeh-Bazargan , Mehdi Nikkhah , Amirhossein Faraji , Nima Motamed , Fahimeh Safarnezhad Tameshkel  , Farhad Zamani 

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) in Kidney transplant patients: A case series and literature review

Muzamil Latief , Obeid Shafi , Zhahid Hassan , Summyia Farooq  , Farhat Abbas 

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Letter to Editor: Telerehabilitation: A Useful and appropriate approach for people with disability in Covid-19 pandemic 

Niloufar Rabanifar  , Kianoush Abdi 

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COVID-19 research progress: Bibliometrics and visualization analysis 

Maryam Okhovati  , Homa Arshadi 

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Iranian researchers' contributions to research on COVID-19: A bibliometric analysis and visualization 

Mohammad Karim Saberi , Arezoo Farhadi , Samira Karami  , Heidar Mokhtari 

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Performance evaluation of selected decision tree algorithms for COVID-19 diagnosis using routine clinical data 

Mostafa Shanbehzadeh , Hadi Kazemi-Arpanahi  , Raoof Nopour 

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Finasteride in hospitalized adult males with COVID-19: A risk factor for severity of the disease or an adjunct treatment: A randomized controlled clinical trial 

Elham Zarehoseinzade , Abbas Allami , Mehrnoosh Ahmadi , Behzad Bijani  , Navid Mohammadi 

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Severity and mortality of COVID-19 infection in HIV-infected individuals: Preliminary findings from Iran 

Sana Eybpoosh , Mahdi Afshari , Ali-Akbar Haghdoost , Parvin Afsar Kazerooni , Mohammad Mehdi Gouya  , Katayoon Tayeri 

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eHealth solutions to fight against COVID-19: A scoping review of applications 

Parisa Eslami , Sharareh R. Niakan Kalhori  , Moloud Taheriyan 

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Comparison of the effects of etomidate, ketamine, sodium thiopental, and midazolam on the mortality of patients with COVID-19 requiring intubation 

Abbas Edalatkhah , Mohammad Reza Kazemi , Zohreh Akhoundimeybodi , Seyed Mohsen Seyedhosseini , Soheila Rostami , Bibi Vaghihe Hosseini , Zohreh Akhondi  , Yaser Ghelmani 

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Nationwide population-based surveys of Iranian COVID-19 Serological Surveillance (ICS) program: The surveys protocol 

Kazem Khalagi , Safoora Gharibzadeh , Davood Khalili , Siamak Mirab Samiee , Seyed Mahmoud Hashemi , Saeide Aghamohamadi , Maryam Mir-Mohammad-Ali Roodaki , Katayoun Tayeri , Hengameh Namdari Tabar , Keyhan Azadmanesh , Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi , Kazem Mohammad , Samira Goudarzi , Firoozeh Hajipour , Saeid Namaki , Alireza Raeisi  , Afshin Ostovar 

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Histopathologic survey on lung necropsy specimens of 15 patients who died from COVID-19: A large study from Iran with a high rate of anthracosis

Siavash Kooranifar , Alireza Sadeghipour , Taghi Riahi , Azadeh Goodarzi , Sanaz Tabrizi  , Navid Davoody 

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Care needs and preferences from the perspective of COVID-19 patients: A qualitative study 

Malihe Sadat Moayed , Esmail Heidaranlu  , Akram Parandeh 

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How is the iceberg of COVID-19? Results from a rapid literature review 

Ghobad Moradi , Fatemeh Gholami , Mohammad Aziz Rasouli , Fahimeh Bagheri Amiri  , Yousef Moradi 

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Predictors of critical COVID-19 in an Iranian population: Age and disabilities play a special role

Ali Bidari , Morteza Hassanzadeh , Mahya Naderkhani , Milad Gholizadeh Mesgarha , Arash Pour Mohammad , Alireza Azadeh , Hasti Hossein , Elham Zarei  , Mahmoud Khodadost 

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COVID-19 in Iran: What was done and what should be done? 

Marzieh Nojomi , Maziar Moradi-Lakeh  , Farshad Pourmalek 

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The priority of audiological procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic 

Nader Saki , Vedat Topsakal , Marzieh Amiri , Wael Jasem Alshahabi  , Arash Bayat 

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Predictors of death in patients with COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in West of Iran 

Manoochehr Karami , Mohammad Mirzaei , Fatemeh Shahbazi , Fariba Keramat , Ebrahim Jalili , Saeid Bashirian , Rashid Heidarimoghadam , Jalal Bathaei  , Salman Khazaei 

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COVID-19 patients may present with myocarditis: A case report emphasizing the cardiac involvement of SARS-CoV-2 

Ebrahim Salavati , Hamidreza Hajirezaee , Hamid Reza Niazkar , Muhammad Sadegh Ramezani  , Alireza Sargazi 

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An unprecedented increase in burn injuries due to alcohol-based hand sanitizers during the COVID-19 outbreak 

Mostafa Dahmardehei , Majid Khadem Rezaiyan , Farhang Safarnejad  , Ali Ahmadabadi 

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Which criteria were used to describe patients with COVID-19? A systematic review and meta analysis of clinical, laboratory, and imaging features

Alireza Amanollahi , Sahar Sotoodeh Ghorbani , Hamed Basir Ghafouri , Sima Afrashteh  , Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari

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The effect of influenza vaccine on severity of COVID-19 infection: An original study from Iran 

Saeed Kalantari , Afsaneh Sadeghzadeh-Bazargan , Saedeh Ebrahimi , Zeynab Yassin , Seyed Hamid Reza Faiz , Ali Kabir , Amir Baghestani , Farzaneh Mashayekhi , Farah Bokharaei-Salim  , Azadeh Goodarzi 

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The effect of opium on severity of COVID-19 infection:An original study from Iran

Taghi Riahi , Afsaneh Sadeghzadeh-Bazargan , Sima Shokri , Davoud Ahmadvand , Babak Hassanlouei , Amir Baghestani , Ali Khazaeian , Forough Seifi Gharabaghloo , Morteza Hassanzadeh  , Azadeh Goodarzi 

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Epidemiological characteristics of patients with COVID-19 in Southwest of Iran from February 19 to June 20, 2020

Habibollah Azarbakhsh , Kimia Jokari , Leila Moftakhar , Mousa Ghelichi-Ghojogh , Azimeh Karimyan , Shokrollah Salmanzadeh , Mehrdad Parian Zeitooni , Rozhan Khezri  , Aliasghar Valipour 

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A description of spatial-temporal patterns of the novel COVID-19 outbreak in the neighbourhoods’ scale in Tehran, Iran 

Azadeh Lak , Ali Maher , Alireza Zali , Siamak Badr , Ehsan Mostafavi , Hamid R Baradaran , Khatereh Hanani , Ara Toomanian  , Davood Khalili 

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Psychometric measure beliefs and preventive behaviors toward COVID-19 based on Health Belief Model (HBM): Validation of a questionnaire

Mitra Moodi , Hamid Salehiniya , Fatemeh Baghernezhad Hesary  , Mohammadreza Miri 

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Psycho-social consequences associated with COVID-19 in people with ASD and their families: A literature review 

Mahta Alsadat Aarabi , Kianoush Abdi  , Mohammad Saeed Khanjani 

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A case of Covid-19 Mortality in a Pregnant Woman with Diabetic Ketoacidosis 

Soheila Aminimoghaddam , Setareh Nasiri , Aida Abrari , Maryam Yazdizadeh  , Romina Rashidishomali 

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Evaluation of Reinfection in COVID-19 Patients in the World: A Narrative Review 

Babak Eshrati , Hamid Reza Baradaran , Ghobad Moradi , Hojat Dehghanbanadaki , Nima Azh , Marzieh Soheili , Nogol Moetamed Gorji  , Yousef Moradi 

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Editorial: Eccentric Training for Patients Recovering from COVID-19 

Azar Moezy 

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