Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 388910
Occurence of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Croatia
Occurence of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Croatia // Military Medicine, 174 (2009), 2; 206-211 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Occurence of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Croatia
Autori
Mulić, Rosanda ; Čustović, Aida ; Ropac, Darko ; Tripković, Ingrid ; Stojanović, Dražen ; Klišmanić, Zorana
Izvornik
Military Medicine (0026-4075) 174
(2009), 2;
206-211
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis; epidemiology; clinical manifestations; Croatia
Sažetak
Objective: To show epidemiological characteristics and clinical manifestations of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Croatia. Methods: Analysis of data on reported visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis cases and description of the most common clinical manifestations of the disease based on meta-analysis of collected data. Results: A total of 124 cases of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis were reported from 1954 till the end of 2006. During the 1996 - 2006 period, 33 people got infected: 22 with visceral and 11 with cutaneous form of the disease. Age specific morbidity is highest in the 0-4 age group (0.29 %ooo). Southern Croatia is an endemic area for visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis, yet the disease has also been recorded in other parts of the country. Clinical picture of visceral leishmaniasis was confirmed by detection of amastigotes in bone- marrow aspirate (22 ; 68.8%), liver (1 ; 3.1%), and by serology – indirect immunofluorescent assays (29 ; 90.6%) in 32 hospital-treated patients. None of the infected was HIV positive. The diagnosis of cutaneous leismaniasis is based on clinical picture, epidemiological data, light microscopic histology and positive Montenegro (leishmanin) test. Conclusion: It is estimated that there have been significant changes in epidemiological characteristics of natural foci of leishmaniasis in Croatia, with an increase in the number of the diseased like in other Mediterranean countries, which suggests that we are dealing with a pattern common to the whole geographic area and puts additional stress on the need for control and increasing awareness of this parasitosis.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Kliničke medicinske znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita
POVEZANOST RADA
Projekti:
062-1080315-0243 - Čimbenici zdravlja u primorskom okolišu Hrvatske (Stojanović, Dražen, MZOS ) ( CroRIS)
005-1080315-0294 - Odrednice multiplih primarnih sijela raka u populaciji (Znaor, Ariana, MZOS ) ( CroRIS)
216-0481153-1148 - Patogeni koje prenose člankonošci u južnoj Hrvatskoj (Punda-Polić, Volga, MZOS ) ( CroRIS)
216-1080315-0289 - Seroepidemiologija, nasljedna predispozicija i zarazne bolesti u Hrvatskoj (Mulić, Rosanda, MZOS ) ( CroRIS)
Ustanove:
Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvo,
Medicinski fakultet, Rijeka,
Medicinski fakultet, Split
Profili:
Rosanda Mulić
(autor)
Zorana Klišmanić-Nuber
(autor)
Darko Ropac
(autor)
Ingrid Tripković
(autor)
Dražen Stojanović
(autor)
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Časopis indeksira:
- Current Contents Connect (CCC)
- Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXP)
- SCI-EXP, SSCI i/ili A&HCI
- Scopus
- MEDLINE