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Volume 24 |
October - December 2008 (Part-II) |
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1, Jafar M2, Allahbedasht M3, Nikkhooy A4,Survey of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Iran
Gholamreza M
ABSTRACT
Objective: To determine the present status of urinary schistosomiasis in Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran.
Methodology: Urine samples were collected from 3400 villagers residing in the high risk areas in Khuzestan Province, mainly from school children (80%) from 2005-2007. During a sequential visit by our team urine specimens were collected between 10:00am and 14:00pm. Each person was given a prenumbered bottle in the field, and the name of the person including age and sex was entered against the appropriate number on a form kept by the investigating team.
Results: In this province, the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium is being successfully interrupted as none of the samples were found positive.
Conclusion: Total elimination of urinary schistosomiasis appears to be possible if the health authorities in neighboring areas can be persuaded to adopt a similar strategy of integrated control. The plan for the future is to continue monitoring transmission, by passive surveys in local health centers and active case-finding among schoolchildren, and to continue snail sampling and focal mollusciciding.
KEYWORDS: Urinary Schistosomiasis, Schistosoma haematobium, Prevalence.
Pak J Med Sci October - December 2008 (Part-II) Vol. 24 No. 6 857-860
How to cite this article:
Gholamreza M, Jafar M, Allahbedasht M, Nikkhooy A, Mahammad KA, Rokni MB. Survey of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Iran. Pak J Med Sci 2008;24(6):857-60.
1. Mowlavi Gholamreza, PhD
Dept. Medical Parasitology, School of Public Health,
2. Massoud Jafar, PhD
Dept. Medical Parasitology, School of Public Health,
3. Mansoorian Allahbedasht, PhD
Dept. Medical Parasitology,
School of Public Health,
4. Nikkhooy Ali., MD
Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences,
Ahwaz, Iran
5. Kejbafzadeh Abdol Mohammad, MD
Dept. of Urology, School of Public Health,
6. Mohammad Bagher Rokni,
PhD in Medical Parasitology, Associate Professor,
Dept. Medical Parasitology,
School of Public Health,
1-3,5: Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran – Iran.
Correspondence
Mohammad Bagher Rokni,
Email: roknimoh@tums.ac.ir
* Received for Publication: June 4, 2008
* Accepted: September 20, 2008
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