A SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (KALA-AZAR) IN GERMI DISTRICT, ARDABIL PROVINCE

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MAHAMI M.; MOHEBALI M.; KESHAVARZ H.; HAJARAN H.; AKHOUNDI B.; ZAREEI Z.A.; CHAREHDAR S.

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Journal: JOURNAL OF SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH Year:2005 | Volume:4 | Issue:1(13) Page(s): 45-56

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A SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (KALA-AZAR) IN GERMI DISTRICT, ARDABIL PROVINCE

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VISCERAL LEISHMANIASISQ3

SEROEPIDEMIOLOGYQ4

IRANQ2

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Background and Aim: VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (Kala-azar) is known as an endemic disease in some parts of IRAN such as Ardabil, East Azarbaijan, Bushehr and Fars provinces. Sporadic forms of the disease are reporting from the rest areas of the country. Regarding to most reports of kala-azar disease from Germi district to the health centers of Ardabil province, study on kala-azar in Germi was necessary.Material and Methods: Therefore this is a seraepidemiological study of VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS in Germi district in 2004. Cluster sampling has been performed from ≤12 years old and 10 % of the adult population in Germi district. Altogether 1155 blood specimens were collected to detect anti-Leishmania antibodies. The samples were tested by direct agglutination test (DAT). Results showed that 32 (2.8%) of the collected specimens have anti-Leishmania antibodies with titers ≥1:800 and from total specimens 7(0.6%) were positive with ≥1:3200 titers. The positive and suspicious specimens in DAT were tested by IFA and ELISA methods too. Out of 22 ownership dogs examined, 3 (2.6%) were detected to have anti-Leishmania antibodies using DAT (≥1:320) and Dipstick rk39. Results: Necropsy was performed on three dogs that one of them was parasitological positive. The isolate was cultured successfully and identified as L.infantum by RAPD-PCR .In this study, no statistically significant difference was found between male (2.7%) and female (2.8%) sera-prevalence (P = 0.8) and visceral leishmania infection is more prevalent in children under 4 years old (P< 0.05).Conclusion: These findings offered that, kala-azar is a health problem in Germi district of Ardabil province and further studies are necessary and facilities requires for health, treatment and diagnosis in this region.

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COMPARISON OF DIRECT AGGLUTINATION TEST (DAT), INDIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENT ANTIBODY (IF AT) AND ELISA IN DIAGNOSIS OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS

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MAHAMI, M., MOHEBALI, M., KESHAVARZ, H., HAJARAN, H., AKHOUNDI, B., ZAREEI, Z.A., & CHAREHDAR, S.. (2005). A SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (KALA-AZAR) IN GERMI DISTRICT, ARDABIL PROVINCE. JOURNAL OF SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH, 4(1(13)), 45-56. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/378485/en

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MAHAMI M., MOHEBALI M., KESHAVARZ H., HAJARAN H., AKHOUNDI B., ZAREEI Z.A., CHAREHDAR S.. A SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (KALA-AZAR) IN GERMI DISTRICT, ARDABIL PROVINCE. JOURNAL OF SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH[Internet]. 2005;4(1(13)):45-56. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/378485/en

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M. MAHAMI, M. MOHEBALI, H. KESHAVARZ, H. HAJARAN, B. AKHOUNDI, Z.A. ZAREEI, and S. CHAREHDAR, “A SEROEPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS (KALA-AZAR) IN GERMI DISTRICT, ARDABIL PROVINCE,” JOURNAL OF SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH, vol. 4, no. 1(13), pp. 45–56, 2005, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/378485/en

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