Author/Authors :
Dehghani, Ali Department of Statistics and Epidemiology - School of Health - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran , Lotfi, Mohamad Hasan Department of Statistics and Epidemiology - School of Health - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran , Falahzadeh, Hossein Research Center of Prevention and Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease - Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology - School of Pablic Health - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran , Vahdat, Katayon The Persian Gulf Tropical Medicine Research Center - The Persian Gulf Biomedical Research Institute, Bushehr, Iran , Shabani, Zahra Department of Statistics and Epidemiology - School of Health - Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran
Abstract :
Introduction: It is generally accepted that cutaneous leishmaniasis is
considered as an important health problem all over the world which is caused
by leishmaniasis protozoan. This disease is also known as a health problem in
some regions of Iran including Bushehr province. The present study
investigated the geographical dispersion and the epidemiological characteristics
of subjects with the cutaneous leishmaniasis in this province from 2011 to 2015.
Method: In this cross-sectional and analytical study, the epidemiologic data
including the age, gender, residential area, and counties with this disease was
analyzed and collected from 663 patients who were followed up and treated
from 2011 to 2015.
Results: 422 (63.7%) of studied people were residents of urban areas and 241
(36.3%) lived in rural areas. 59.4% (394 people) were male and 40.6% (269) were
female. The mean (SD)age of the subjects was 21.91( 17.01) (ranging from 1 to 80).
Kangan County with an average 5-year incidence of 17.72 per a hundred thousand
people had the highest incidence, but Tangestan County with the incidence of 8.47
per a hundred thousand people had the lowest average incidence. Based on GIS
results, Jam County, which was not recognized as the focus of this disease in the
past, has been considered as a new focus of disease in recent years.
Conclusion: The geographic information system (GIS) is regarded as an
effective tool for the organization of diseases and health data. The crisis can be
identified and controlled by taking proper measures with the discovery of
spatial accumulation of diseases.
