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Med J Tabriz Uni Med Sciences. 2021;43(1): 61-68.
doi: 10.34172/mj.2021.029

Scopus ID: 85131365152
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Parasitology

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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

Amirhossein Maghsood 1 ORCID logo, Mahdi Parsaei 1* ORCID logo, Afshin Azimi 1, Mehdi Mohebali 2, Behnaz Akhoundi 2, Sedigeh Sarafraz 3 ORCID logo, Mahdi Hasanzadeh 4 ORCID logo, Saber Alizadeh 4 ORCID logo, Ahad Shahnami 4

1 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
2 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
4 Vice Chancellor for Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
*Corresponding Author: *Corresponding author; E-mail: , Email: Mahdiparsaei.mp@gmail.com

Abstract

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 <8 years in selected centers in Ahar and Osku, two cases (0.95%) revealed anti-Leishmania antibodies titer 1:3200. Initially, one of the two positive individuals in the study had a suspicious antibody titer of 1:1600, whose antibody titer increased to 1:3200 after 4 weeks.

Conclusion: The Kala-azar, in spite of low endemicity, is one of the health problems in Ahar and Osku in East Azarbaijan Province. This study suggests the necessity of supplementary studies based on molecular approaches in the region and other parts of the province.



How to cite this article: Maghsood AH, Parsaei M, Azimi A, Mohebali M, Akhoundi B, Sarafraz N, Hasanzadeh M, Alizadeh S, Shahnami A. [Seroprevalence of visceral leishmaniasis in children living in rural areas of Ahar and Osku Counties in East Azerbaijan Province, North-west of Iran in 2018]. Med J Tabriz Uni Med Sciences. 2021;43(1):61-68. Persian.
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Submitted: 11 May 2019
ePublished: 17 Apr 2021
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