Kosik-Bogacka Danuta Izabela, Korzeniewski Krzysztof, Łanocha-Arendarczyk Natalia, Korycińska Joanna, Lepczyńska Małgorzata, Dzika Ewa, Marchelek-Myśliwiec Małgorzata
Independent Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Botany, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
Department of Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
Pathogens. 2024 Mar 21;13(3):271. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13030271.
Intestinal parasitic infections are one of the most common infectious diseases worldwide, particularly in developing countries. A distinct group at increased risk of infection is military personnel deployed overseas for extended periods, typically six months at a time. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of spp. and other intestinal parasites in Polish military personnel returning from deployments to Lebanon (n = 206) and Iraq (n = 220). In this group of subjects, we found spp. (13.6%), (3.3%), (0.9%), and (0.5%). sensu lato and infections were detected only in one soldier returning from Lebanon and Iraq, respectively. subtype (ST) 3 was predominant in soldiers returning from Lebanon, followed by ST2 and ST1. ST1 infection was predominant in soldiers returning from Iraq, followed by ST3 and ST2. Our study affirms that, deployment abroad is of no influence of the prevalence of parasitic protozoa. However, it would be worth to monitor parasite infection in military personnel returning from tropical zone even if they have no actual symptoms. In addition, it is very important to determine the subtypes of -this may help to clearly define their pathogenicity, especially considering the scarcity of studies on genotypes in Iraqi and Lebanese residents.
肠道寄生虫感染是全球最常见的传染病之一，在发展中国家尤为如此。感染风险增加的一个独特群体是长期部署在海外的军事人员，通常每次为期六个月。本研究的目的是确定从黎巴嫩（n = 206）和伊拉克（n = 220）部署归来的波兰军事人员中 spp. 和其他肠道寄生虫的流行情况。在这组受试者中，我们发现了 spp.（13.6%）、 （3.3%）、 （0.9%）和 （0.5%）。 广义和 感染分别仅在一名从黎巴嫩和伊拉克归来的士兵中检测到。从黎巴嫩归来的士兵中 亚型（ST）3 占主导，其次是 ST2 和 ST1。从伊拉克归来的士兵中 ST1 感染占主导，其次是 ST3 和 ST2。我们的研究证实，海外部署对寄生原生动物的流行率没有影响。然而，即使没有实际症状，对从热带地区归来的军事人员进行寄生虫感染监测也是值得的。此外，确定 的亚型非常重要——这可能有助于明确其致病性，特别是考虑到关于伊拉克和黎巴嫩居民 基因型的研究稀缺。
