Prevalence of Cutaneous leishmaniosis during 2013-2016 in eastern part of Esfahan province

Cutaneous leishmaniosis (CL) is found worldwide and is considered to be endemic in 88 countries such as Iran. Monthly CL incidence and epidemiological data at the district and village levels for the period 2013-2016 from the health surveillance systems in all counties were provided by the disease control centre (CDC) of Isfahan Province. The number and distribution of CL cases in Bonrod in western Isfahan was analyzed over the 2012-2016 period. During the study period, there were 1731 recorded cases of clinical cases of CL by Isfahan Health Center. Out of these cases, a total number of 1275 (73.6%) cases were diagnosed as CL using cytological smears. The collected data showed that majority of the intensive events in the study period was belonged to 2014 (410/1275 cases, 32.2%) followed by 2016 (332/1275, 26%), 2013 (282/1275, 22.2%), 2015 (172/1275, 13.5%) and 2012 (79/1275, 6.1%). Amongst the five years period of the study, year 2011 with 32.2 % and 2012 with 6.2% showed the highest and lowest number of cases, respectively. Seasonality of CL was mainly restricted to the September–December period with the main peaks occurring in October. Annually, the highest number of cases was generally observed in October (23.2%), September (17.3%), and December (14.7%). While, there was no reported cases in the May. In conclusion, based on CL incidence, western of Isfahan could be divided into three categories including high (> 250 cases), intermediate (100-250 cases) and low-level endemic incidence (<100 cases) during period study.

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Cutaneous leishmaniosis ، Esfahan province