Ostovar, A. Raeisi, A. Haghdoost, A.A. Ranjbar, M. Rahimi, A. Sheikhzadeh, K. Majdzadeh,R. 2012 The Islamic Republic of Iran is in the pre elimination phase of malaria control, but malaria epidemics are still a concern in the south of the country. This retrospective study presents the epidemiological characteristics and predisposing factors of 60 of the malaria epidemics reported in Sistan va Baluchestan province during 2005 09. A zero truncated negative binomial model was used to investigate the relation between predictor variables and the total number of malaria cases. Malaria epidemics occurred mainly in the southern part of the province, ...