18Feb 2017

IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LEISHMANIA PARASITES IN MARSHLANDS OF IRAQ.

  • Marine Science Center, University of Basrah, Basrah-Iraq.
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In marshland there are several factors have been associated with a high risk of transmission of parasitic diseases. Environmental factors in Iraq marshlands play an important role in increasing chance of infection with Leishmania parasitic disease. It is an influence on the emergence and proliferation of Leishmania parasitic disease. The biological cycle and eco-epidemiological relationships among climatic, ecology, vector, reservoir and human are highly variable. This study about risk factors suggest that climatic and ecologic characteristics, and vector, reservoir and human behaviors together effect on the transmission pattern, vectors and reservoir infection, and prevalence of human infection. The biological cycle and eco-epidemiological relationships among climatic, ecology, vector, reservoir and human are highly variable. Iraqi southern marshes which form a triangle region bound by three major southern cities, Thi-Qar to the west, Maysan to the northeast and Basrah to the south. The three major marshes: Al-Hammar, The Central marshes and Al-Huwaiza marshes form the core of the marshlands of southern Iraq.

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[Hind Mahdi Jarallah. (2017); IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH LEISHMANIA PARASITES IN MARSHLANDS OF IRAQ. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 255-259] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Hind Mahdi Jarallah
Marine Science Center, University of Basrah, Basrah-Iraq

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3140      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3140

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