Seroepidemiological Survey of Hydatid Cyst by ELISA in Kordestan Province | ||
| Pathobiology Reserach | ||
| Article 10, Volume 10, Issue 0, 2008, Pages 13-18 PDF (268.11 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mansour Hadadian1; Fatemeh Ghaffarifar* 2; Abdolhosein Dalimi Asl1; Shahla Roudbar Mohammadi3 | ||
| 1Department of Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran | ||
| 2Associated Professor, Department of Parasitilogy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran | ||
| 3Assistant Professor, Department of Mycology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IranP.O. Box: 14115_331 P.O.Code: 1411713116 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the frequency of human hydatidosis in Kurdestan province by ELISA technique. Materials and Methods: In this study the sera of 1979 individuals were collected from different area (cities and villages) of Kordestan province. The serum dilution of 1/400 was selected for ELISA test. Results:The results indicated that 1.12% of the individuals from Kordestan province showed positive sera. The results also showed that in Kordestan 0.9 % and 1.42% of the people who live in the cities and villages had positive sera respectively. In this study 1.65% of female and 0.45 % of male were positive. From the obtained result we found maximum number of infected people were in the range of 30-40 years (1.59%). Conclusion: According to the results obtained from this study the highest percent of infection was found in the city of Ivandarre, the reasone for this defference (1.69%) is due to the fact that most of the people who are involved in animal husbendary in the province live in this city. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| ELISA; Hydatid cyst; Seroepidemiology; Kordestan | ||
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