Epidemiological and Therapeutic Study of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the City of Tikrit and It's Suburbs

During this research, the effect of using aqueous and alcoholic extracts of oleander and rhubarb as well as zinc nanoparticles on cutaneous leishmaniasis in Salah al-Din-Tikrit was observed. Where the samples included patients referred to Salah Al-Din Teaching Hospital, The results of the current study, through clinical and laboratory testing of 840 suspected cases during the period between September 2020 to April 2021, showed that the infection rate for males was 58.9%, and the rate for females was 41.1%, meaning that the infection in males was more prominent than females. The age group between (5 months-6 years) showed the highest average of cutaneous leishmaniasis, which amounted to 33.1%, while the lowest percentage was recorded in the age group (51-55), which amounted to 0.7%.The study also showed that the prevalence of infection during the months of the year recorded the highest average of infection during the month of January at 27.5%, and the lowest percentage of infection was during the month of April at 1.3%