Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq

Salmonellosis is reported as one of the main cause of diarrhoeal diseases globally. The disease is also associated with enteric fever, including typhoid which is a potentially fatal systemic illness bedeviling many developing countries. The disease is estimated to affect nearly 17 million people wi...

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Main Authors: Abdulhaleem, Noor, Garba, Bashiru, Younis, Hind, Mahmuda, Aliyu, Awang Hamat, Rukman, Abd. Majid, Roslaini, Than, Leslie Thian Lung, Unyah, Ngah Zasmy, Sattar, Abdul, Saidu, Mohammed Bashir
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Published: Nexus Academic Publishers 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81065/1/SALMONELLA.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:81065 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81065/ Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq Abdulhaleem, Noor Garba, Bashiru Younis, Hind Mahmuda, Aliyu Awang Hamat, Rukman Abd. Majid, Roslaini Than, Leslie Thian Lung Unyah, Ngah Zasmy Sattar, Abdul Saidu, Mohammed Bashir Salmonellosis is reported as one of the main cause of diarrhoeal diseases globally. The disease is also associated with enteric fever, including typhoid which is a potentially fatal systemic illness bedeviling many developing countries. The disease is estimated to affect nearly 17 million people with over 150,000 deaths occurring annually. Salmonellosis is also beginning to emerge as a foodborne infection characterized by significant economic and public health hazard with global ramifications. High prevalence of the disease is directly related to poor sanitation and hygiene, consumption and use of unsafe water, overcrowding and social unrest. A significant number of Iraqis are affected annually with a death rate of 10-20 %, mainly resulting from limited access to fresh water and improper sewage disposal into the river bodies. This review provides an overview of Salmonella infection in human and animals, with emphasis on the economic and public health burden of the disease in Iraq. Nexus Academic Publishers 2019-06 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81065/1/SALMONELLA.pdf Abdulhaleem, Noor and Garba, Bashiru and Younis, Hind and Mahmuda, Aliyu and Awang Hamat, Rukman and Abd. Majid, Roslaini and Than, Leslie Thian Lung and Unyah, Ngah Zasmy and Sattar, Abdul and Saidu, Mohammed Bashir (2019) Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq. Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences, 7 (6). pp. 484-491. ISSN 2307-8316; ESSN: 2309-3331 http://nexusacademicpublishers.com/uploads/files/AAVS_7_6_484-491.pdf 10.17582/journal.aavs/2019/7.6.484.491
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description Salmonellosis is reported as one of the main cause of diarrhoeal diseases globally. The disease is also associated with enteric fever, including typhoid which is a potentially fatal systemic illness bedeviling many developing countries. The disease is estimated to affect nearly 17 million people with over 150,000 deaths occurring annually. Salmonellosis is also beginning to emerge as a foodborne infection characterized by significant economic and public health hazard with global ramifications. High prevalence of the disease is directly related to poor sanitation and hygiene, consumption and use of unsafe water, overcrowding and social unrest. A significant number of Iraqis are affected annually with a death rate of 10-20 %, mainly resulting from limited access to fresh water and improper sewage disposal into the river bodies. This review provides an overview of Salmonella infection in human and animals, with emphasis on the economic and public health burden of the disease in Iraq.
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author Abdulhaleem, Noor
Garba, Bashiru
Younis, Hind
Mahmuda, Aliyu
Awang Hamat, Rukman
Abd. Majid, Roslaini
Than, Leslie Thian Lung
Unyah, Ngah Zasmy
Sattar, Abdul
Saidu, Mohammed Bashir
spellingShingle Abdulhaleem, Noor
Garba, Bashiru
Younis, Hind
Mahmuda, Aliyu
Awang Hamat, Rukman
Abd. Majid, Roslaini
Than, Leslie Thian Lung
Unyah, Ngah Zasmy
Sattar, Abdul
Saidu, Mohammed Bashir
Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq
author_facet Abdulhaleem, Noor
Garba, Bashiru
Younis, Hind
Mahmuda, Aliyu
Awang Hamat, Rukman
Abd. Majid, Roslaini
Than, Leslie Thian Lung
Unyah, Ngah Zasmy
Sattar, Abdul
Saidu, Mohammed Bashir
author_sort Abdulhaleem, Noor
title Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq
title_short Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq
title_full Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq
title_fullStr Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq
title_full_unstemmed Current trend on the economic and public health significance of Salmonellosis in Iraq
title_sort current trend on the economic and public health significance of salmonellosis in iraq
publisher Nexus Academic Publishers
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81065/1/SALMONELLA.pdf
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