Five-year retrospective hospital-based study on epidemiological data regarding human leishmaniasis in West Kordofan state,Sudan  

作　　者：Abdullah Abdulslam Abdullah Musa Ahmed Ahmed Gadeed Adam Eltayeb Safa Ahmed Suad Hamad Mohammed Hussein 

机构地区：[1]Department of Biomedical Sciences,Faculty of Veterinary Sciences,University of Gadarif,Gadarif 208,Sudan [2]Department of Reproductive Health Sciences,Pan African University Life and Earth Sciences Institute,University of Ibadan,Ibadan 119,Oyo State,Nigeria [3]Department of Veterinary Surgery and Anaesthesia,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,ALsalam University,Al-fula 120,West Kordofan State,Sudan [4]Environmental Studies and Research Center,Al-Salam University,Al-fula 120,West Kordofan State,Sudan [5]Al-Sadaga Hospital,Al-fula 124,West Kordofan State,Sudan [6]Department of Zoonotic Disease and Disease Control,Ministry of Animal Resources,Al-Hamadi 215,South Kordofan State,Sudan [7]Department of Statistics and Health Information,Ministry of Health,Alfula 127,West Kordofan State,Sudan

出　　处：《World Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases》2022年第2期61-68,共8页世界临床传染病学杂志

摘　　要：BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a neglected zoonotic disease,endemic in Sudan.Estimating this disease is very important to inform the health care policymakers and the governments to apply proper health and economic policies.AIM To find out the frequency and distribution of human leishmaniasis based on sex and age for 5 years in the West Kordofan state,Sudan.METHODS A 5-year retrospective study from 2016 through 2020 was carried out using local hospital records of leishmaniasis patients.The positive results were recorded after performing at least one of the following leishmaniasis standard tests:direct agglutination test,enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and leishmania skin test.The sex and age of each patient were recorded.The collected data were analyzed using STATA package version 16.RESULTS A total of 162443 patient records from 2016 to 2020 were retrieved.Of these,4.39%were found to be positive for leishmaniasis.The disease has been more common in males(65.3%)than in females(34.7%).The highest reported prevalence(6.58%)was in patients 15-44 years,and the lowest prevalence(1.95%)was among patients≥65 years.CONCLUSION The results of the current study indicate that leishmaniasis is endemic in the study area even though the numbers of patients in the 5 consecutive years were varying.In addition,the disease was common in males and adults.The interpretation of these findings should take into consideration the absence of information about some important confounding factors.

关 键 词：Epidemiology Human Leishmaniasis West Kordofan SUDAN ENDEMICITY 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]