Salmonellosis in Saudi Arabia : an underestimated disease ?

Author

al-Saigh, Abd Allah Faiz

Source

Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Issue

Vol. 67, Issue 1 (31 Oct. 2020), pp.30-38, 9 p.

Publisher

Alexandria University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Publication Date

2020-10-31

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Veterinary Medicine

Abstract EN

Salmonellosis is one of the most commonly reported foodborne diseases that affect human health with subsequent economic losses.

Salmonellosis is considered a disease with public health burden globally.

Efficient surveillance systems for diseases monitoring and reporting are important for measuring health burden and planning controlled measures based.

In this study, characterization of salmonellosis in KSA from 2013-2017 is presented.

Incidence data were obtained from the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) data for laboratory-confirmed cases.

Extracted incidence data were analyzed according to the nationality of the patients (Saudi and non-Saudi), gender (male and female), age, health provinces (20 health provinces throughout KSA), and months.

From 2013-2017, there were 5202 (mean; 1040.4) cases of salmonellosis reported.

Average incidence rate over 5 years period per 100000 people (A.I.R/5YR) was 3.30.

A.I.R/5YR was 3.451 for Saudi patients and 2.995 for non-Saudi patients (p-value: 0.0032).

Among male and female, A.I.R/5YR was 3.429 for male and 3.316 for female (p-value; 0.014).

Among < 15 and ≥ 15 age groups, A.I.R/5YRs were 6.04 and 2.221 for < 15 and ≥ 15 (p-value: 0.613), respectively.

Salmonellosis highest A.I.R/5YR according to health provinces 14.13 in the Eastern province.

The highest incidences by months were reported from August to October.

In comparison to the reported regional and global incidence rates for salmonellosis, reported rates in KSA are likely to be underestimated.

In estimating salmonellosis incidence, and in where a country-specific multiplier is not available, it is possible to apply a multiplier of neighbouring country or of the region to calculate a more accurate disease incidence.

Thus, and by re-estimating incidence according to regional and global multipliers, the officially reported incidences of salmonellosis in KSA are likely to be underestimated by 37.6 to 345.36 folds.

American Psychological Association (APA)

al-Saigh, Abd Allah Faiz. 2020. Salmonellosis in Saudi Arabia : an underestimated disease ?. Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences،Vol. 67, no. 1, pp.30-38.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1256763

Modern Language Association (MLA)

al-Saigh, Abd Allah Faiz. Salmonellosis in Saudi Arabia : an underestimated disease ?. Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences Vol. 67, no. 1 (Oct. 2020), pp.30-38.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1256763

American Medical Association (AMA)

al-Saigh, Abd Allah Faiz. Salmonellosis in Saudi Arabia : an underestimated disease ?. Alexandria Journal of Veterinary Sciences. 2020. Vol. 67, no. 1, pp.30-38.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1256763

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 36-38

Record ID

BIM-1256763