seroepidemiological survey of human hydatidosis using dot- elisa in ilam province (western part of iran)

Authors

ayda aflaki

fatemeh ghaffarifar

abdolhosein dalimi asl

abstract

purpose: the present study was conducted to evaluate the frequency of human hydatidosis in ilam province using dot- elisa techniques. materials & methods: three thousands sera, collected from different cities of ilam province in the west of iran were examined. the serum dilution of 1:400 was selected as the cut off and the results were confirmed by the elisa technique. results: results indicated that, totally 37 individuals (1.2%) show positive sera. there were significant differences among various age groups of infected individuals. the most percentage of infection was found to be in the 20-30 age group. among the sera tested, 0.56%, 1.57%, 10.77% were found to be positive in individuals living in cities, villages and migratory tribes respectively. twenty two individuals of the infected people (1.47%) were female and 15 individuals (1%) were male. most infected individuals were found to be in mehran city (3.11%) and less infected individuals were found to be in ilam city (0.79%). conclusion: most of the people living in migratory tribes were sheep keepers and were actually involved in animal production, wich can be regarded as a risk factor for their higher infection rate.

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Journal title:
modares journal of medical sciences: pathobiology

Publisher: tarbiat modares university

ISSN 1562-9554

volume 8

issue 1 2005

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