426284

Prevalence of Scabies and its Related Risk Factors in Duhok City, Iraq

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Last updated: 11 May 2025

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MICROBIOLOGY

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Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence rate of scabies infestation and its associated risk factors in Duhok City, Iraq. A cross-sectional study was conducted involving 628 patients (317 females and 311 males) with skin lesions who attended the Department of Dermatology at Azadi Teaching Hospital from October 2023 to January 2024.The diagnosis of scabies identified by dermatologists, depends on the presence of skin lesions, itching, and the region of lesions throughout the body. Each patient's entire body was evaluated.The current study reported a high rate of scabies (60.7%) which was higher in females than males across all age groups (≤ one year to ≥ 50 years), and it decreased with the increase of age. The infestation rate was particularly high in October, November, December of 2023, and January of 2024. Several factors associated with the prevalence of scabies including patients' residence (urban or rural) (65.6%, and 34.4%); the duration of itching; the majority of patients experienced itching ≤ 1 month, followed by 1-4 and >4 months (62.7%, 27.3%, and 10.0%) respectively, and the time of itching as follow: at night, during the day, and both at night and during the day (68.2%,23.4% and 8.4%), had contact with animals or not (65.6%, 64.4%). Furthermore, the study indicated that the prevalence rate based on the skin lesion's location through the patient's body as follows: whole body, abdomen, legs, chest, hand, and face (36.0%, 22.7%, 16.9%, 13.0%, 10.1%, and 1.3%) respectively. It is included, that there was a high rate of infestation of scabies in Duhok City, and to eliminate this high rate, it is recommended to improve the methods of prevention and security and supply effective treatment.

DOI

10.21608/asmj.2025.314772.1302

Keywords

Duhok, human, prevalence, risk factors, scabies

Authors

First Name

shameeran

Last Name

ismail

MiddleName

salman

Affiliation

Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Health Sciences, Duhok University, Duhok, Iraq

Email

shameeran.ismael@uod.ac

City

duhok

Orcid

0000-0002-6308-6943

First Name

Nafal

Last Name

Sadiq Barwary

MiddleName

Jamil

Affiliation

Department of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Email

nafal.sadiq@uod.ac

City

Duhok

Orcid

-

First Name

Bayram

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Dawod

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesia Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Email

bayram.ahmed@uod.ac

City

Duhok

Orcid

-

First Name

Kawa

Last Name

Ameen Marof

MiddleName

Muhamad

Affiliation

Department of Anesthesia Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Email

kawa.marof@uod.ac

City

Duhok

Orcid

0000-0001-6916-1847

First Name

Shamsa

Last Name

Khwasti

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Email

shamsahahasan1234@gmail.com

City

Duhok

Orcid

-

First Name

Kareen

Last Name

Lavu

MiddleName

Omar

Affiliation

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Email

kareenomar93@gmail.com

City

Duhok

Orcid

-

First Name

Khadija

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

Elyas

Affiliation

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Email

khadija.01.ee@gmail.com

City

Duhok

Orcid

-

First Name

Hozan

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Muhammed

Affiliation

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Health Sciences/ University of Duhok, Duhok, Iraq

Email

dudyhozan112@gmail.com

City

Duhok

Orcid

-

Volume

76

Article Issue

1

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55365

Issue Date

2025-03-01

Receive Date

2024-08-22

Publish Date

2025-03-01

Page Start

230

Page End

236

Print ISSN

0002-2144

Online ISSN

2735-3540

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426,284

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1,311

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Publication Title

Ain Shams Medical Journal

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https://asmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Prevalence of Scabies and its Related Risk Factors in Duhok City, Iraq

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11 May 2025