Tuberculosis in the Afghan Immigrant in Kerman Province of Iran

Moradi, Mohammad; Arababadi, Mohammad Kazemi; Hassanshahi, G.

doi:10.3923/jbs.2008.1107.1109

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“…This could be due to the larger population of other nationalities, especially Pakistanis and Afghans, in Zahedan. In another research by Moradi et al, the incidence rate of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis was higher compared to the results of the current study (19).…”

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confidence: 79%

The Epidemiological Study of Infectious Diseases in North-East of Iran

Abdollahpour

Nakhaei

Kalani-Moghaddam

et al. 2016

Middle East J Rehabil Health

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The Epidemiological Study of Infectious Diseases in North-East of Iran

Abdollahpour

Nakhaei

Kalani-Moghaddam

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Middle East J Rehabil Health

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“…A z e r b a i j a n B a h r a i n I r a n I r a q K a z a k h s t a n K u w a i t O m a n P a k i s t a n Q a t a r R u s s i a S a u d i T u r k e y A f g h a n i s t a n A r m e n i a A z e r b a i j a n B a h r a i n I r a n I r a q K a z a k h s t a n K u w a i t O m a n P a k i s t a n Q a t a r R u s s i a S a u d i T u r k e y The extended borders among Iran with high-tuberculosis burden countries (Afghanistan and Pakistan) and the immigration from these countries changed the tuberculosis rate and distribution in Iran [3,11]. The high prevalence of tuberculosis in some area of Iran including SistanBaluchistan and Khorasan provinces were predictable because they located near Afghanistan and Pakistan [12].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The high incidence of tuberculosis among Afghan immigrants (63.5 per 100,000 in population) was reported from Fars province in 2009 [12]. The studies done by Moradi et al (2008) in Kerman province and Tabrizi et al (2014) in Hormozgan province show, the most new cases of tuberculosis were determined among immigrants that comes from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India which are endemic area of tuberculosis [3,5,10].…”

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“…The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is another cause to increase tuberculosis chance in Africa and some part of Asia [3]. Tuberculosis and HIV are associated closely because the people infected with HIV are very sensitive for infections by M. tuberculosis [5].…”

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“…In general, this bacterium usually attack to lungs, however spine, kidney and brain are the other exposed organs. Tuberculosis infection must be treated correctly because they can lead to fatal [1][2][3]. Tuberculosis is still located among top ten causes of death in worldwide and known as an important global health problem.…”

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Incidence and Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Iran and Neighboring Countries

Tavakoli

2017

Zahedan J Res Med Sci

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Background: Tuberculosis is one of the major public health concerns in many countries, however the available and effective treatment is known. Tuberculosis typically determined with socio-economic problems such as war, malnutrition and HIV prevalence. In Iran, many progresses are carried to control tuberculosis but, different factors such as immigration from neighboring countries are affective to tuberculosis infection. Objectives: In this paper, the incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis is evaluated in different regions of Iran and neighboring countries. Methods: The data are collected from different and valid sources such as Scopus, Pubmed and also many reports from world health organization (WHO) and center of disease control and prevention (CDC) for a period of 25 years (1990 -2015) evaluated for Iran and neighboring countries. Results: This study as a descriptive-analytical research is conducted cross-sectional among Iran and neighboring countries since 1990. The information is obtained from exact and valid informative data from web of sciences. The east and west border countries of Iran which are faced with war and immigration in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq are source of tuberculosis infection that effect on tuberculosis prevalence in Iran. The data were analyzed by SPSS 22 and Excel 2013. Conclusions:The incidence of tuberculosis in Iran has been decreased because of many controlling actions such as BCG vaccination, electronic reporting system for tuberculosis and free access to tuberculosis medication. Some of Iran neighboring countries such as Tajikistan and Pakistan have the highest incidence of tuberculosis which known as a challenge for tuberculosis control in Iran while Saudi Arabia and Turkey have the lowest incidence.

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Genetic Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Isfahan, Iran

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In this study, we aimed to identify the genetic lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Isfahan via the mycobacterial interspersed repetitive-unit-variable number tandem repeat typing method based on 15 loci. Forty-nine M. tuberculosis isolates were collected between 2013 and 2015 from Tuberculosis patients in Mollahadi Sabzevari Tuberculosis Center in Isfahan. All isolates were typed by 15-locus MIRU-VNTR typing. The highest percentage of isolates, 44.89 % (22/49), belonged to the Euro-American lineage, while the frequencies of the East-African-Indian, East-Asian, and Indo-Oceanic lineages were 28.57 % (14/49), 24.4 % (12/49), and 2.04 % (1/49), respectively. Among the 22 isolates of the Euro-American lineage, those belonging to the NEW-1 sub-lineage were most prevalent (24.4 %). Approximately, the same proportion of isolates belonging to the Delhi/CAS, Beijing, and NEW-1 sub-lineages were identified in Iranian and Afghan immigrant patients. The Delhi/CAS and Beijing sub-lineage isolates were prevalent among patients who had been previously treated for TB. Results showed that all of the 49 MIRU-VNTR patterns were unique and the clustering rate of the 15-locus MIRU-VNTR was 0.0 (minimum recent transmission). The results of this study show that the lineages of M. tuberculosis isolates in Isfahan are similar to those reported in the Eastern Mediterranean region (indicative of the epidemiological relationship between the countries in the region). The low clustering rate in our results reveals that transmission of tuberculosis in Isfahan is, in most cases, a reactivation of previous tuberculosis infection and the role of recently transmitted disease is minor.

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Tuberculosis in the Afghan Immigrant in Kerman Province of Iran

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The Epidemiological Study of Infectious Diseases in North-East of Iran

The Epidemiological Study of Infectious Diseases in North-East of Iran

Incidence and Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Iran and Neighboring Countries

Genetic Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates in Isfahan, Iran

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