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Journal of Veterinary Research©
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Established 1994
ISSN 1328-925X
Volume 22
(12):1145-1151, 2018.
Demographics affecting cutaneous
Leishmaniosis in Iraq.
1Mariam Abd Athab Husein, 2Sabah
Ibrahim Hammadi, 3Abdullah Salih Al-Hasan
College(s) of 1Education
for women, 2Pure science and 3Medicine, University of
Anbar, Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Athab Husein MA, Hammadi SI, Al-Hasan AS., Demographics affecting cutaneous
Leishmaniosis in Iraq, Onl J Vet Res., 22 (12):1145-1151, 2018. Authors describe demographics affecting cutaneous
leishmaniosis in 221 infected male and 219 female subjects in schools and
refugee camps in Anbar, Iraq. Biopsies were taken from pustules/papules for Leishmania amastigotes
and culturing in Nicoll Novey and Mc Neal Medium
(NNN). Clinically all 440 patients were diagnosed positive but by smear test of
300 subjects, only 180 were positive. In media only 15 (of 300 tested) were
positive. Persons aged <10 to 20 years accounted for ~68% of infections with
~73% detected during Autumn and higher incidence (43%)
in refugee camps compared with city dwellers (21%). Most lesions (~60%) were observed
on the face and upper limbs with few on the trunk (2.05%). We found leishmaniosis
more prevalent in families that had not been infected (~76%) compared with
those that had (~24%).
Keywords : Cutaneous Leishmaniosis, age, school,
refugee camp, Iraq.
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