Mowlavi Gholamreza, Massoud Jafar, Mansoorian Allahbedasht, Nikkhooy Ali, Kejbafzadeh Abdol Mohammad.
Survey of urinary Schistosomiasis in Iran.
Pak J Med Sci Jan ;24(4):857-60.

Objective: To determine the present status of urinary schistosomiasis in Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran. Methodology: Urine samples were collected from 3400 villagers residing in the high risk areas in Khuzestan Province, mainly from school children (80%) from 2005-2007. During a sequential visit by our team urine specimens were collected between 10:00am and 14:00pm. Each person was given a prenumbered bottle in the field, and the name of the person including age and sex was entered against the appropriate number on a form kept by the investigating team. Results: In this province, the transmission of Schistosoma haematobium is being successfully interrupted as none of the samples were found positive. Conclusion: Total elimination of urinary schistosomiasis appears to be possible if the health authorities in neighboring areas can be persuaded to adopt a similar strategy of integrated control. The plan for the future is to continue monitoring transmission, by passive surveys in local health centers and active case-finding among schoolchildren, and to continue snail sampling and focal mollusciciding.

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