Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Brucellosis in Iran: A Systematic Review
Background Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that is widely distributed throughout the developing countries. Children are considered as at risk groups for infection. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and clinical manifestations of Brucellosis in Iranian children and adolescents. Mat...
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doaj-eb9006a3917144a4bfefff8caa1d404d2020-11-25T01:11:52ZengMashhad University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Pediatrics2345-50472345-50552019-02-01729037904710.22038/ijp.2018.33178.292711217Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Brucellosis in Iran: A Systematic ReviewShirin Djalalinia0Reza Arjmand1Mehri Gholami2Yasaman Shaker3Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam4Kumars Pourrostami5Omid Safari6Nasrin Elahimehr7Saeed Nik Khah8Ehsan Zahmatkesh9Esfandiar Najafi Tavana10Mostafa Qorbani11Deputy of Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran AND Non–communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. 5Student Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Student Research Committee, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Non–communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.Dietary Supplements and Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Dietary Supplements and Probiotic Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Department of Pediatric, Emam Ali Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Department of Pediatric, Emam Ali Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Department of Pediatric, Emam Ali Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Department of Pediatric, Emam Ali Hospital, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Non-communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran.Background Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that is widely distributed throughout the developing countries. Children are considered as at risk groups for infection. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and clinical manifestations of Brucellosis in Iranian children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: We systematically searched international databases; ISI, Medline (via PubMed), Scopus, and national databases Irandoc, Barakat knowledge network system, Magiran, and Scientific Information Database (SID). The search strategy was developed based on main terms of "Brucellosis," "Brucella fever", "Gibraltar", "Rock Fever", "Undulant Fever", "Cyprus Fever", "Malta Fever", and "Bang Disease". Results: A total of 885 studies were identified, from them a total of 12 studies that were conducted between 2001 and 2016 were included. Following the relevancy assessments and quality control, data from the 1,429 participants were presented in our review. The age of the patients ranged from 2 to 18 years. Only one out of twelve studies provided the prevalence of 4.30% and 3.4 incidence. Studies varied greatly in reporting high risk behavior of animal contact (8.4 to76.0%) and unpasteurized dairy (22.4 to 91.6%). Conclusion Our finding reveals the disparity of reported prevalence and clinical manifestations of Brucellosis in Iranian children. Fever and joint pain were the most frequent reported signs. Differences in study design, measurement tools and methods, and sub population sampling, does not provide the possibility of aggregation of data for more comprehensive inference.http://ijp.mums.ac.ir/article_11217_f5ac5712b04a499599987e03761612c4.pdfBrucellosisChildrenClinical manifestationsIran |
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Shirin Djalalinia Reza Arjmand Mehri Gholami Yasaman Shaker Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam Kumars Pourrostami Omid Safari Nasrin Elahimehr Saeed Nik Khah Ehsan Zahmatkesh Esfandiar Najafi Tavana Mostafa Qorbani Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Brucellosis in Iran: A Systematic Review International Journal of Pediatrics Brucellosis Children Clinical manifestations Iran |
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Shirin Djalalinia Reza Arjmand Mehri Gholami Yasaman Shaker Sahar Saeedi Moghaddam Kumars Pourrostami Omid Safari Nasrin Elahimehr Saeed Nik Khah Ehsan Zahmatkesh Esfandiar Najafi Tavana Mostafa Qorbani |
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Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Brucellosis in Iran: A Systematic Review |
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Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Brucellosis in Iran: A Systematic Review |
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Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Brucellosis in Iran: A Systematic Review |
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Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Brucellosis in Iran: A Systematic Review |
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Frequency and Clinical Manifestations of Pediatric Brucellosis in Iran: A Systematic Review |
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frequency and clinical manifestations of pediatric brucellosis in iran: a systematic review |
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences |
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International Journal of Pediatrics |
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2345-5047 2345-5055 |
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Background Brucellosis is a zoonotic disease that is widely distributed throughout the developing countries. Children are considered as at risk groups for infection. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency and clinical manifestations of Brucellosis in Iranian children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: We systematically searched international databases; ISI, Medline (via PubMed), Scopus, and national databases Irandoc, Barakat knowledge network system, Magiran, and Scientific Information Database (SID). The search strategy was developed based on main terms of "Brucellosis," "Brucella fever", "Gibraltar", "Rock Fever", "Undulant Fever", "Cyprus Fever", "Malta Fever", and "Bang Disease". Results: A total of 885 studies were identified, from them a total of 12 studies that were conducted between 2001 and 2016 were included. Following the relevancy assessments and quality control, data from the 1,429 participants were presented in our review. The age of the patients ranged from 2 to 18 years. Only one out of twelve studies provided the prevalence of 4.30% and 3.4 incidence. Studies varied greatly in reporting high risk behavior of animal contact (8.4 to76.0%) and unpasteurized dairy (22.4 to 91.6%). Conclusion Our finding reveals the disparity of reported prevalence and clinical manifestations of Brucellosis in Iranian children. Fever and joint pain were the most frequent reported signs. Differences in study design, measurement tools and methods, and sub population sampling, does not provide the possibility of aggregation of data for more comprehensive inference. |
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