Geographical Distribution of Enteobiasis in Mazandaran Province, 1981-2013

Background and Study of the geographical distribution of Enterobiasis (Oxyuriasis) not only helps in early diagnosis and treatment of the disease but alsoprovides more informationin recognizing the factorsaffectingthetransmissionof parasite in children. The aim of thisstudy was to investigate the geographical distribution of the diseasein Mazandaran province as a common helminthes disease during 1991 to2013. This review study was performed by collecting the data onthe geographical distribution of disease during 22 years. Data was obtained by reviewing the published literature and Internetsearchengines. Data was then classified and Arc GIS, 9.2 was applied to map the geographical distribution of thedisease. According to this study, the maximum levels of infection with Enterobiasis were seen in nurseries in Babol (33.6%) in 1998 and in girls attending nurseries in Sari (29.5%) in 1999. The mean prevalence of disease in Bahshar, Sari, Babol and Fereydunkenar were more than 4% which was found to be more in children. In western regions of the province, Tonekabon was found with a high prevalence of Enterobiasis (2-4%), while in central region of Mazandaran Joibar and Nekahthe prevalence rate was less than one percent. The study of geographical prevalence of Enterobiasis during 22 years has shown the patterns of disease distribution in Mazandarnprovince. These results could be beneficial in diagnosis and treatment of Enterobiasis and also in future studies.