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AuthorAbu-Madi, Marawan A.
AuthorBehnke, Jerzy M.
AuthorBoughattas, Sonia
AuthorAl-Thani, Asma
AuthorDoiphode, Sanjay H.
Available date2016-10-03T08:02:56Z
Publication Date2016-08
Publication NameBMC Infection Diseases
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1728-3
Citation"A decade of intestinal protozoan epidemiology among settled immigrants in Qatar" Marawan A. Abu-Madi, Jerzy M. Behnke, Sonia Boughattas, Asma Al-Thani and Sanjay H. Doiphode BMC Infectious Diseases 2016 16:370
ISSN1471-2334
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/4810
AbstractBackground: The World Health Organization estimates that about 3.5 billion people worldwide are affected by intestinal parasitic infections. Reports have already emphasized the role of immigrants in outbreaks of parasitic diseases in industrialized countries. With the mass influx of immigrants to Qatar, patent intestinal parasitic infections have been observed. Herein, the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections was analysed in 29,286 records of subjects referred for stool examination at the Hamad Medical Corporation over the course of a decade (2005 to 2014, inclusive). Results: Overall prevalence of combined protozoan infections was 5.93 % but there were significant temporal trends, age and sex effects and those arising from the region of origin of the subjects. The most common protozoan was Blastocystis hominis (overall prevalence 3.45 %). Giardia duodenalis, Chilomastix mesnili, Entamoeba coli, Entamoeba hartmanni, Endolimax nana, Iodamoeba butschlii, Entamoeba histolytica/dispar, Cryptosporidium sp. and a single case of Isospora were also detected. The prevalence of combined protozoan infections, G. duodenalis and the non-pathogenic amoebae all declined significantly across the decade. That of B. hominis varied between years but showed no directional trend across years and there was no evidence that prevalence of E. histolyitica/ dispar changed significantly. Protozoan infections were observed among all regional groups, but prevalence was higher among subjects from the Arabian Peninsula, Africa and Asia compared to those from the Eastern Mediterranean and Qatar. Prevalence was higher among male subjects in all cases, but age-prevalence profiles differed between the taxa. Conclusion: These results offer optimism that prevalence will continue to decline in the years ahead.
SponsorQatar National Research Fund (QRNF) at Qatar Foundation through the National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) (Project No. NPRP 4-1283-3-327).
Languageen
PublisherPubMed Central
SubjectProtozoa
Blastocystis hominis
Giardia duodenalis
Entamoeba
Non-pathogenic amoebae
Long-term residents
Qatar
TitleA decade of intestinal protozoan epidemiology among settled immigrants in Qatar
TypeArticle
Volume Number16


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