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Volume 8, Issue 3-4, December 2018, Pages 196 - 202

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of 50 Patients with Surgically Treated Cystic Echinococcosis from Basrah Province, Iraq

Authors
Mohanad Faris Abdulhameed1, 2, Ian Duncan Robertson1, 3, Suzan Ali Al-Azizz2, Ihab Habib1, 4, *
1School of Veterinary Medicine, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
2College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
3China–Australia Joint Research and Training Center for Veterinary Epidemiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
4High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
* Corresponding author. Email: i.habib@murdoch.edu.au
Corresponding Author
Ihab Habib
Received 20 February 2018, Accepted 28 April 2018, Available Online 31 December 2018.
DOI
10.2991/j.jegh.2018.08.101How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Cystic echinococcosis; hydatid disease; Iraq
Abstract

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is recognised worldwide as a neglected disease of public health concern, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The objectives of this study were to describe, using a questionnaire survey, the characteristics, attitudes, knowledge, and practices of patients with CE from Basrah Province, Iraq. We interviewed 50 patients, 31 female and 19 male, of whom, 74% originated from rural areas. Approximately half (48%) of the participants reported slaughtering livestock at home for their families’ consumption; 78% indicated the presence of a large number of stray dogs roaming freely about their village; 86% reported that they never boiled water prior to drinking it; and 26% reported not washing vegetables prior to eating them. Although a large proportion of the participants (72%) had heard of hydatid disease prior to becoming ill, over half (57%) were not aware how the disease was transmitted from animals to humans. This study highlighted a gap in health education efforts regarding CE in Southern Iraq, with a lack of counselling of patients on how to prevent reinfection. An intensive control programme should be implemented and founded on health education to reduce CE disease in Basrah.

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Journal
Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
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196 - 202
Publication Date
2018/12/31
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
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2210-6006
DOI
10.2991/j.jegh.2018.08.101How to use a DOI?
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© 2018 Atlantis Press International B.V.
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