Open AccessEpidemiological study of the KALA-AZAR cases in Iraq for the years
Author(s) -
Baqir Kareem Abid
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the iraqi journal of veterinary medicine/al-maǧallaẗ al-ṭibbiyyaẗ al-bayṭariyyaẗ al-’irāqiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-7409
pISSN - 1609-5693
DOI - 10.30539/ijvm.v28i1.1075
Subject(s) - epidemiology , geography , epidemiological surveillance , demography , population , environmental health , medicine , veterinary medicine , pathology , sociology
study of KALA-AZAR cases in Iraq was conducted during July 2004 , to study the epidemiological distribution of KALA-AZAR cases in Iraq for the years (1999-2003) comparing it with the cases of the previous years (1994-1998).
Data were collected from the communicable diseases control "CDC" center of Baghdad with detailed information of age, gender, time and seasonal distribution, which recorded for the last years (1999-2003) , also with data of the KALA-AZAR cases for the previous years (1994-1998), while the data concerning study population was obtained from the planning directorate of MOH depending on the last cansus reports of 1997 , most of the Iraqi governorates were included (except the self-rule's governorate). The different governorates were categorized according to the number of KALA-AZAR cases and to their geographical position.