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Vector-borne and zoonotic infections and their relationships with regional and socioeconomic statuses: An ID-IRI survey in 24 countries of Europe, Africa and Asia

2021; Elsevier BV; Volume: 44; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102174

1873-0442

Fatma Nurhayat Saydam, Hakan Erdem, Handan Ankaralı, Manar Ezzelarab Ramadan, Nagwa Mostafa El‐Sayed, Rok Čivljak, N. Pshenichnaya, Ruxandra Moroti, Fatemeh Moradi Mahmuodabad, Agah Victor Maduka, Amjad Mahboob, Pilli Hema Prakash Kumari, Roman Stebel, Roxana Carmen Cernat, Lenka Fašaneková, Serhat Uysal, Meltem Taşbakan, Jurica Arapović, Dumitru Irina Magdalena, Kumar Angamuthu, Nesrin Ghanem‐Zoubi, Meliha Meriç Koc, Yvon Ruch, Andrea Marıno, Ainur Sadykova, Ayşe Batırel, Ejaz Ahmed Khan, Sholpan Kulzhanova, Samir Al Moghazi, Ravilya Yegemberdiyeva, Emanuele Nicastri, Nenad Pandak, Nasim Akhtar, Safak Ozer-Balin, Antonio Cascio, Marija Dimzova, Hakan Evren, Edmond Puca, A. Z. Tokayeva, Marta Vecchi, İlkay Bozkurt, Mustafa Doğan, Natalia Dirani, Amangul Duisenova, Mumtaz Ali Khan, Stanislav Kotsev, Zarema Obradović, Rosa Fontana Del Vecchio, Fahad Almajid, Aleksandra Barać, Gorana Dragovac, Maria Pishmisheva, Md. Tanvir Rahman, Taufiquer Rahman, Marion Le Maréchal, Yasemin Çağ, Aamer Ikram, Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales,

Vector-borne infectious diseases

In this cross-sectional, international study, we aimed to analyze vector-borne and zoonotic infections (VBZI), which are significant global threats.VBZIs' data between May 20-28, 2018 was collected. The 24 Participatingcountries were classified as lower-middle, upper-middle, and high-income.382 patients were included. 175(45.8%) were hospitalized, most commonly in Croatia, Egypt, and Romania(P = 0.001). There was a significant difference between distributions of VBZIs according to geographical regions(P < 0.001). Amebiasis, Ancylostomiasis, Blastocystosis, Cryptosporidiosis, Giardiasis, Toxoplasmosis were significantly more common in the Middle-East while Bartonellosis, Borreliosis, Cat Scratch Disease, Hantavirus syndrome, Rickettsiosis, Campylobacteriosis, Salmonellosis in Central/East/South-East Europe; Brucellosis and Echinococcosis in Central/West Asia; Campylobacteriosis, Chikungunya, Tick-borne encephalitis, Visceral Leishmaniasis, Salmonellosis, Toxoplasmosis in the North-Mediterranean; CCHF, Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Dengue, Malaria, Taeniasis, Salmonellosis in Indian Subcontinent; Lassa Fever in West Africa. There were significant regional differences for viral hemorrhagic fevers(P < 0.001) and tick-borne infections(P < 0.001), and according to economic status for VBZIs(P < 0.001). The prevalences of VBZIs were significantly higher in lower-middle income countries(P = 0.001). The most similar regions were the Indian Subcontinent and the Middle-East, the Indian Subcontinent and the North-Mediterranean, and the Middle-East and North-Mediterranean regions.Regional and socioeconomic heterogeneity still exists for VBZIs. Control and eradication of VBZIs require evidence-based surveillance data, and multidisciplinary efforts.