Some epidemiological aspects of human brucellosis in Iraq and its control

From official records, brucellosis in Iraq appeared to be mostly transmitted by indirect contact with brucella-infected animals. Good and rapid results of control are expected by sterilizing milk before ingestion or production of mild derivatives. Control of brucellosis in animals is the responsibility of agricultural authorities for its economical advantages

study on sandflies in a focus of infantile kala azar in Iraq during 1978

Over 4.00 sandflies were collected throughout the season in 1978. The aim of this study was to incriminate the vector species. It also shows how preliminary studies of possible vector species could be made. Collection was made by different methods from an infantile kala azar focus in the centre of Iraq. All sandflies were identified, 75% of them were dissected in search of promastigotes but none were found

Evaluation of the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test for the diagnosis of Kala-Azar in Iraq

Kala-azar is an endemic disease in Iraq. It's diagnosis is still dependent on demonstration of the parasite from bone marrow aspirates in smears or cultures. The aim of this work was to compare and evaluate this method with the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test