Visceral leishmaniasis in Thi-Qar Province (Iraq) for 10 years (2003-2012)

Jarallah, Hind Mahdi; Hantosh, Haidar

doi:10.21608/scvmj.2013.78197

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“…During 10 years ago both CL and VL occurred more in males (48753, 2329) than females (40406, 2124) respectively, Table 2. This result was agreement with those reported by others [13,22]. Leishmaniasis is occurring in places where health services are poorly developed; poor socioeconomic conditions are associated with a higher risk of infection [23,19].…”

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Distribution of Endemic Parasitic Diseases in Iraq

Jarallah

Aabadi²

2022

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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T HIS study came as an update on communicable parasitic diseases in Iraq. Leishmaniasis, echinococcosis and toxoplasmosis are the most serious communicable ones with important socio-economic problems. The present study was done during 2021. The study area included all Iraqi provinces, the analysis of all cases has been taken into account for more than ten years ago from 2011 to 2020. The distribution of parasitic communicable diseases in that period included four parasitic diseases; toxoplasmosis, leishmaniasis (cutaneous and visceral) and echinococcosis. Communicable parasitic diseases were classified according to provinces, total number of echinococcosis, toxoplasmosis, cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) and visceral leishmaniasis (VL) recorded 6364, 7097, 89359 and 4453, respectively, CL ( 89359) was the highest communicable disease and the lowest one was VL ( 4453), with significant differences (p<0.05). Echinococcosis (6364) and toxoplasmosis (7097) infections were high without significant differences (P>0.05). Sex distribution of communicable parasitic diseases during 2011-2020 were done. In conclusion, this study indicates that communicable parasitosis is endemic in Iraq, it is more prevalent in rural areas than in urban one; because of the environmental factors which play an important role for increasing the chances of infection.

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