Incidence of leishmaniasis in Al Baha Province, Saudi Arabia: past and present situation (observational and descriptive study)

Abstract

Cutaneous leisumamnasis (CL) is a worldwide skin protozoan infectious disease. This study evaluated the past and present situation of CL in Al-Baha Province. The incidence of CL patients over a total of (250,000) mid-year population was recorded from January to December in both years of 2012 and 2013. The statistical analyses were carried out with SPSS version 12.0 for windows. The highest number of patients was in 2012 with 11 cases in this year. 37.5% of patients aged younger than 15-year and 62.5% were older than 15 year. The highest incidence of disease was observed in Alinandak Governorate in 2012 (8 over 250,000 mid-year population), and the lowest incidence rate was in Al-Tawlah Governorate in the same year. The disease was observed with the incidence rate over 250,000 mid-year population of 3,3,2,1,1 and 1 for January, May , December, March, June and September 2012 respectively and 3,1, and 1 for June, January and April 2013 respectively. The highest incidence of disease was observed among males, Saudi patient who are resident in Al-Baha in both years of 2012 and 2013.