Review article : Thelaziosis and Filariasis in Iraq
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Thelaziosis and Filariasis are zoonotic diseases were caused by nematodes of genus Thelazia, and Felaria respectively which occur in many countries of the world , and transmitted to human by insects . The current review aimed to investigate the most important previous studies about Thelaziosis and Filariasis in Iraq. A total of 5 Thelazia and 24 for Filariasis abstractsandfull-textarticles ofreferencesforseveralwebsitescollectedaboutinfectionsrates.Tableswerecreatedthatincludedgeneralinformationofspeciestheparasitesunder the study in Iraq. It was concluded that there is a scarcity of research on these diseases , especially modern research. Only three species of the Thelazia were T.bosc, T. lacrymalis and T.gulosa and five species of filariasis were Dirofilaria immitis, D.repens, Setraria equine, Onchocerca gutturosa, O.linealis in addition to microfilaria in different location of the body
DOI: 10.56286/p4v0sh38
Author: Huda Ghanim Dakhil
Language: English
Subfield: Infectious Diseases
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405854636