Harizanov R, Rainova I, Tsvetkova N, Kaftandjiev I, Borisova R, Ivanova A, Videnova M
National Centre of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Sofia, Bulgaria, Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine, Yanko Sakazov Blvd. 26, 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Helminthologia. 2020 Jan 25;57(1):12-18. doi: 10.2478/helm-2020-0002. eCollection 2020 Mar.
The aim of the present study is to perform a retrospective analysis of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among the Bulgarian population over the period 2015 - 2017. The study involved all Bulgarians and foreign nationals residing in the country who had been tested for intestinal protozoa and helminths. A total of 23,785 infections have been revealed, of which 17,712 (74.47 %) were helminth and 6,073 (25.53 %) protozoan invasions. Enterobiasis was found to be the most prevalent among patients infected with intestinal helminths (81.75 %), while giardiasis (62.05 %) was the most common among those diagnosed with protozoan infections. In spite of improved living conditions and increasing public health awareness, parasitic diseases in general, and intestinal parasitic infections in particular, still represent a significant part of the overall morbidity in Bulgaria, thus posing a major issue for the public health care system.
本研究的目的是对2015 - 2017年期间保加利亚人群肠道寄生虫感染的患病率进行回顾性分析。该研究涉及所有在该国接受过肠道原生动物和蠕虫检测的保加利亚人和外国居民。共发现23,785例感染,其中17,712例(74.47%)为蠕虫感染,6,073例(25.53%)为原生动物感染。在感染肠道蠕虫的患者中,蛲虫病最为普遍(81.75%),而在诊断为原生动物感染的患者中,贾第虫病最为常见(62.05%)。尽管生活条件有所改善,公众健康意识不断提高,但总体而言,寄生虫病,尤其是肠道寄生虫感染,仍然是保加利亚总体发病率的重要组成部分,因此给公共卫生保健系统带来了重大问题。