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The experience of leishmanization in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Author(s) -
A Nadim,
E Javadian,
Mehdi Mohebali
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
eastern mediterranean health journal/eastern mediterranean health journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1687-1634
pISSN - 1020-3397
DOI - 10.26719/1997.3.2.284
Subject(s) - islamic republic , guard (computer science) , incidence (geometry) , islam , medicine , environmental health , demography , socioeconomics , geography , sociology , computer science , archaeology , physics , optics , programming language
Leishmanization programmes in a hyperendemic area [Isfahan] and a high-risk group [army recruits and the Revolutionary Guard] are described and their effectiveness and complications are discussed. A trial of a non-living crude vaccine is outlined. More than two million people underwent leishmanization and it was found to reduce the incidence of the disease between one-sixth and one-eighth of its original level. The procedure is recommended whenever people are at a very high risk of contracting the disease

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