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Predisposing Factors for Leishmaniasis in Rural Areas in Baghdad | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 79-84 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ; a Authman Al-Shimary; ; a K.H. Al-Maliky; Fahema A.Al-Hore Al-Kaby | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A community-based study was carried out on several families from rural areas of Baghdad to determine predisposing factors for Leishmaniasis. The results revealed that 70% of mothers were younger than 35 years, 48% were uneducated women and the rest of them had elementary level of education. The study shows that 60% of mothers did not know what is kala azar and 75% of them did not know that sand flies transmit the disease and 72% of the families slept outdoors. The most clinical signs that forced the mother to send her child to the doctor were loss of appetite and most of them wait more than 24 hours before seeing their doctors . Health education activities should concentrate on information about the clinical sings, the vector, the reservoir of the kala azar, investigation on the carriers individuals and also destroying breeding places of the insect and wild dogs where appropriate to reduce morbidity from leishmaniasis. | ||
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