Seroprevalence of visceral leishmaniasis in children living in rural areas of Ahar and Osku Counties in East Azarbaijan Province, North-west of Iran in 2018
| Autor: | Amirhossein Maghsood, Mahdi Parsaei, Afshin Azimi, Mehdi Mohebali, Behnaz Akhoundi, Sedigeh Sarafraz, Mahdi Hasanzadeh, Saber Alizadeh, Ahad Shahnami |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | مجله پزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تبریز, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp 61-68 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2783-2031 2783-204X |
| DOI: | 10.34172/mj.2021.029 |
| Popis: | Background: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) or Kala-azar is an endemic disease in some areas of Iran, including East Azarbaijan, Ardabil, Fars and Bushehr provinces. The disease is sporadic in other parts of the country. According to the reports of numerous cases of the disease from Ahar and Osku counties (cities), East Azarbaijan province and the lack of new study on the prevalence of the disease, this study was designed to determine the seroprevalence of VL in the children of Ahar and Osku counties, in East Azarbaijan Province. Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, blood samples were collected in the test tube without anticoagulants, from children under 8 years from rural areas of Ahar and Osko, in 2018. The samples were evaluated using Direct Agglutination Test (DAT) to measure anti Leishmania infantum antibodies for titer up to 1:3200. Results: Out of 209 children |
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