Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with its vast geographical area, and its location at the boundary of the equatorial, has seen recently several outbreaks of either tropical or Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD).Being the center of the Islamic world, with millions of pilgrimages visiting the holy sites in Saudi Arabia in the annual sessions of pilgrimage and Umrah, puts the world health at risk of wide and uncontrolled epidemics with its close boundaries with both Yemen and Egypt, which are the most countries in the Middle East region harboring NTD's, puts the Kingdom at an additional risk together with the greenhouse effect of global warming and climate changes.The current status of the NTDs in Saudi Arabia is currently unknown due to several factors of which, poor reporting, lack of proper health workers training and surveillance efforts, being the most important factors.This mini-review will summarize the types of NTD's diseases and current status in Saudi Arabia.
Source: SOJ Immunology
Author: Alaa E Ahmed
Institutions: Symbiosis Group, Jazan University
Language: English
Subfield: Parasitology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2552321752