The prevalence & Epidemiological study of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northwest of Iran- Ardabil province during 2012–2016

Background and Aim: Leishmaniosis is a parasitic disease that due to the incidence, dissemination and scattering throughout different parts of Iran is of paramount importance. This study was carried out with the aim of determining the epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ardabil province during 2012-2016. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional and retrospective study of collected demographic and epidemiological information, related to 88 patients with the disease who underwent treatment in health centers in Ardabil province during 20012-2016. This information was analyzed using SPSS version 21 software and includes the history of disease outbreak, age, sex, place of residence, number of wounds, wound placement and a history of travel to endemic areas in the past year. Results: The results showed that out of a total number of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis 48persons were male (54.5%) and 40 persons were female (45.5%); age mean of patients was 16±1.68. The5-9 year’s age group was more susceptible to the disease. The lodging for 65 subjects (74%) was listed as village, 20 (22%) of them lived in the city and 3 people (6%) lived on the fringes of the city. 99%of these patients were infected with rural cutaneous leishmaniasis. There were 70 cases of wounds on the hands and the number of lesions ranged from 1–5 and sized varied from 0.5–5cmmaking it the most common type. Conclusion: The rural leishmaniasis is one of the major health problems of Ardabil province, and given the high disease incidence in children and farmers, continuing education on the care and control of the disease in the region is of very high importance.

کلیدواژه ها:

Epidemiology ، Leishmaniasis ، Cutaneous ، Ardabil ، Iran