Year: 2021
Type: Article
Title: Vector-borne and zoonotic infections and their relationships with regional and socioeconomic statuses: An ID-IRI survey in 24 countries of Europe, Africa and Asia
Author: Saydam, Fatma Nurhayat
Author: Erdem, Hakan
Author: Ankarali, Handan
Author: El-Arab Ramadan, Manar Ezz
Author: El-Sayed, Nagwa Mostafa
Author: Civljak, Rok
Author: Pshenichnaya, Natalia
Author: Moroti, Ruxandra Valentina
Author: Mahmuodabad, Fatemeh Moradi
Author: Maduka, Agah Victor
Author: Mahboob, Amjad
Author: Prakash Kumari, Pilli Hema
Author: Stebel, Roman
Author: Cernat, Roxana
Author: Fasanekova, Lenka
Author: Uysal, Serhat
Author: Tasbakan, Meltem
Author: Arapović, Jurica
Author: Magdalena, Dumitru Irina
Author: Angamuthu, Kumar
Author: Ghanem-Zoubi, Nesrin
Author: Meric-Koc, Meliha
Author: Ruch, Yvon
Author: Marino, Andrea
Author: Sadykova, Ainur
Author: Batirel, Ayse
Author: Khan, Ejaz Ahmed
Author: Kulzhanova, Sholpan
Author: Al-Moghazi, Samir
Author: Yegemberdiyeva, Ravilya
Author: Nicastri, Emanuele
Author: Pandak, Nenad
Author: Akhtar, Nasim
Author: Ozer-Balin, Safak
Author: Cascio, Antonio
Author: Dimzova, Marija
Author: Evren, Hakan
Author: Puca, Edmond
Author: Tokayeva, Alma
Author: Vecchi, Marta
Author: Bozkurt, Ilkay
Author: Dogan, Mustafa
Author: Dirani, Natalia
Author: Duisenova, Amangul
Author: Khan, Mumtaz Ali
Author: Kotsev, Stanislav
Author: Obradovic, Zarema
Author: Del Vecchio, Rosa Fontana
Author: Almajid, Fahad
Author: Barac, Aleksandra
Author: Dragovac, Gorana
Author: Pishmisheva-Peleva, Maria
Author: Rahman, Md Tanvir
Author: Rahman, Taufiquer
Author: Le Marechal, Marion
Author: Cag, Yasemin
Author: Ikram, Aamer
Author: Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J
Abstract: Background In this cross-sectional, international study, we aimed to analyze vector-borne and zoonotic infections (VBZI), which are significant global threats. Method VBZIs’ data between May 20–28, 2018 was collected. The 24 Participatingcountries were classified as lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income. Results 382 patients were included. 175(45.8%) were hospitalized, most commonly in Croatia, Egypt, and Romania(P = 0.001). There was a significant difference between distributions of VBZIs according to geographical regions(P < 0.001). Amebiasis, Ancylostomiasis, Blastocystosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Giardiasis, Toxoplasmosis were significantly more common in the Middle-East while Bartonellosis, Borreliosis, Cat Scratch Disease, Hantavirus syndrome, Rickettsiosis, Campylobacteriosis, Salmonellosis in Central/East/South-East Europe; Brucellosis and Echinococcosis in Central/West Asia; Campylobacteriosis, Chikungunya, Tick-borne encephalitis, Visceral Leishmaniasis, Salmonellosis, Toxoplasmosis in the North-Mediterranean; CCHF, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Dengue, Malaria, Taeniasis, Salmonellosis in Indian Subcontinent; Lassa Fever in West Africa. There were significant regional differences for viral hemorrhagic fevers(P < 0.001) and tick-borne infections(P < 0.001), and according to economic status for VBZIs(P < 0.001). The prevalences of VBZIs were significantly higher in lower-middle income countries(P = 0.001). The most similar regions were the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle-East, the Indian Subcontinent and the North-Mediterranean, and the Middle-East and North-Mediterranean regions. Conclusions Regional and socioeconomic heterogeneity still exists for VBZIs. Control and eradication of VBZIs require evidence-based surveillance data, and multidisciplinary efforts.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Relation: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/29235
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/29235Identifier: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102174
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