Mirzanejad-Asl Hafez, Karimi Afshin, Babaei Pouya Navid, Moradi-Asl Eslam
Department of Medical Parasitology, Ardabil University of Medical Science, Ardabil, Iran.
Nir County Health Centre, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
J Parasit Dis. 2021 Sep;45(3):706-714. doi: 10.1007/s12639-020-01343-0. Epub 2021 Jan 30.
Intestinal parasites have a serious health problem and frequently infect children in poor urban areas in developing countries. Some types of Cryptosporidium, Entamoeba and Giardia are amongst the most prevalent ones. The aim of this study was explore the distribution pattern of intestinal parasites and the ecological niche of in Ardabil Province. This was retrospective cross-sectional study, the officially registered statistics of health centers and hospitals in Ardabil University of Medical Sciences from January 2017 to December 2019 were used. The Kriging interpolation analysis was run to detect the high-risk areas of the disease in the province ( < 0.05) by ArcGIS10.4.1 and to construct the ecological niche model of the parasite, analyzed by Maxent3.3 software. Totally of 238 cases of intestinal parasite were reported during the study period, 77.7% of which were males and 22.3% females. Seven types of intestinal parasites were prevalent with species (79.4%) being the most and species (4%) the least prevalent one. There was one hotspot in the province in the center with an incidence risk of 41-45.5%. The most important climate and environmental factors affecting the ecological niche of are Bio16, Bio3, and the NDVI. is the most prevalent intestinal parasite in Ardabil Province; moreover, one important hotspots was also detected in the province that can provide useful information regarding the management and control of this parasite.
肠道寄生虫是一个严重的健康问题，在发展中国家城市贫困地区的儿童中经常感染。某些类型的隐孢子虫、内阿米巴和贾第虫是最常见的寄生虫。本研究的目的是探讨阿尔达比勒省肠道寄生虫的分布模式及其生态位。这是一项回顾性横断面研究，使用了阿尔达比勒医科大学2017年1月至2019年12月官方登记的卫生中心和医院统计数据。通过ArcGIS10.4.1运行克里金插值分析，以检测该省疾病的高危地区（<0.05），并使用Maxent3.3软件构建寄生虫的生态位模型。在研究期间共报告了238例肠道寄生虫病例，其中77.7%为男性，22.3%为女性。七种肠道寄生虫流行，其中物种（79.4%）最为常见，物种（4%）最不常见。该省中部有一个热点地区，发病风险为41-45.5%。影响生态位的最重要气候和环境因素是Bio16、Bio3和归一化植被指数（NDVI）。是阿尔达比勒省最常见的肠道寄生虫；此外，该省还发现了一个重要热点地区，可为该寄生虫的管理和控制提供有用信息。
