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Review

Childhood Diarrhoea in the Eastern Mediterranean Region with Special Emphasis on Non-Typhoidal Salmonella at the Human–Food Interface

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College of Science, Health, Education and Engineering, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, Australia
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Thi-Qar Public Health Division, Ministry of Health, Thi-Qar 64007, Iraq
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High Institute of Public Health, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21516, Egypt
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Submission received: 12 April 2019 / Revised: 29 April 2019 / Accepted: 1 May 2019 / Published: 6 May 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Zoonotic Diseases and One Health)

Abstract

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Diarrhoeal disease is still one of the most challenging issues for health in many countries across the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR), with infectious diarrhoea being an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in children under five years of age. However, the understanding of the aetiological spectrum and the burden of enteric pathogens involved in diarrhoeal disease in the EMR is incomplete. Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS), the focus of this review, is one of the most frequently reported bacterial aetiologies in diarrhoeal disease in the EMR. Strains of NTS with resistance to antimicrobial drugs are increasingly reported in both developed and developing countries. In the EMR, it is now widely accepted that many such resistant strains are zoonotic in origin and acquire their resistance in the food-animal host before onward transmission to humans through the food chain. Here, we review epidemiological and microbiological aspects of diarrhoeal diseases among children in the EMR, with emphasis on the implication and burden of NTS. We collate evidence from studies across the EMR on the zoonotic exposure and antimicrobial resistance in NTS at the interface between human and foods of animal origin. This review adds to our understanding of the global epidemiology of Salmonella with emphasis on the current situation in the EMR.

1. Background

Worldwide, diarrhoeal diseases accounted for 8% of all deaths in children under five years of age in 2016, and this translates to over 1300 young children dying each day or approximately 480,000 children a year [1]. The incidence of diarrhoeal infections among children in the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) continues to pose a significant public health challenge in countries across the region. For the purpose of this review, we utilized the regional classification set by the World Health Organization (WHO), and as such, the EMR encompasses the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Afghanistan), Djibouti, Somalia, Republic of Yemen (Yemen), Arab Republic of Egypt (Egypt), Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic (Syria), Tunisia Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The proportion of paediatric diarrhoea cases has increased over time in several countries in the EMR, as in Iraq—from 14.9% in 1997 to 21.3% in 2000 [2,3]—and Iran, from 10.3% to 19.6% between 2008 and 2010 [4,5]. In Egypt, the incidence of diarrhoea in children has declined from 44% to 23.6% based on reports between 1999 and 2005 [6,7]. Diarrhoea attributed disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) among children under five years of age in the EMR regions were estimated to be 6,058,681 (4,045,101–8,618,353) [8]. Across the 22 countries in the EMR, the highest rates of diarrhoea-attributed mortality among children younger than five years were reported in Somalia, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Egypt and Tunisia [8,9].
Several countries in the EMR suffer from fragile health care systems, of which Iraq is an example. Several generations of Iraqi children born since the early 1990s have faced adverse conditions negatively impacting their nutrition and health as a result of decades of wars, sanctions and political instability [10]. Diarrhoeal disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among Iraqi children younger than five years [10,11]. The period between 1994 and 1999 witnessed the highest rate of diarrhoea-attributed deaths in Iraq, and in the EMR as a whole, as diarrhoea was a common cause of death in children under five years old; it was responsible for 43.4% of deaths in children aged 2–5 years [11]. Additionally, the 2004 survey of the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the Government of Iraq indicated that approximately 90% of children under the age of five years visited hospitals due to diarrhoea [12]. In this former survey, diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection accounted for 70% of childhood deaths, but the fatality rate due to diarrhoeal illnesses was higher than those caused by respiratory infection [12].

2. Epidemiological Aspects of Diarrhoeal Diseases Among Children in the EMR

The majority of diarrhoea infections in children occur during the summer months in countries with a hot and dry climate [13,14]. It has been noted that enteric illnesses in temperate latitudes have a seasonal pattern, with the highest incidence of diseases during the summer months [15]. This is consistent with published evidence of a positive correlation between gastrointestinal infection with enteric pathogens and the increase in ambient temperature [16,17]. Several epidemiological studies confirm the role of age and immune response as important triggers to infectious diarrhoea in children [18,19]. Children below five years of age are significantly more susceptible to diarrhoeal illnesses compared with other age groups [14,18]. In Iraq, a study by Siziya and colleagues (2009) of the prevalence of diarrhoea in 14,676 children less than five years of age revealed that 21.3% of the children had diarrhoea in the two weeks preceding the survey. Based on the aforementioned survey, a history of diarrhoea was positively associated with lower socioeconomic status and a lack of access to clean sources of water [2]. A hospital-based study in Iraq reported a prevalence of diarrhoea in 63.5% of children at three government referral paediatric hospitals in Baghdad [20]. The authors also suggested that this high prevalence rate is likely due to economic collapse, poor sanitation, lack of safe water and inadequate provision of health care [20].
Paediatric diarrhoea has an important financial and productivity impact on the livelihood of families in different countries across the EMR [14,21]. In the United Arab Emirates, Howidi et al. [22] estimated an average cost of $64 for expenses spent dealing with medical care per diarrhoeal episode in children. In Oman, a study by Al Awaidy et al. [23] revealed that the total cost of hospitalization due to diarrhoea (direct medical costs) was estimated at $539 per child for three hospital days, totalling $1.8 million per year for all outpatient and hospital settings in the country.

3. Microbiological Aspects of Diarrhoeal Diseases Among Children in the EMR

The prevalence of enteropathogens in child diarrhoeal illnesses throughout the EMR is difficult to precisely assess due to variations in geographical settings, a lack of harmonization in sampling approaches and study designs and varying laboratory techniques and methods used across different studies, even within the same country [24,25]. Table 1 provides a descriptive summary of various studies reporting the occurrence of major etiological agents responsible for paediatric diarrhoea in different countries across the region. Data on enteric pathogens implicated in diarrhoea among children in the EMR are still limited.
In Iraq, little is known about the causative agents of diarrhoea in children. However, a prospective hospital-based study has shown that Entamoeba histolytica is responsible for approximately 85% of diarrhoea infections, and the same study also reported that non-typhoidal Salmonella spp. and Shigella were isolated from 42% of cases in children under five years of age [26]. In Saudi Arabia, cross-sectional studies have investigated the prevalence of pathogen-induced diarrhoea in faecal samples of children from hospitals and outpatient clinics in different localities. Among the different enteric pathogens found in these studies, rotavirus, Salmonella and Giardia lamblia were the most prevalent [27,28,29]. Studies conducted in Bahrain [30], Kuwait [31] and Oman [32] (Table 1) shared some common findings, with rotavirus and adenovirus found to be the major viral causes and Salmonella and Shigella found to be the most common bacterial causes involved in cases of child diarrhoea [31,32]. The authors also observed that symptoms associated with bacterial gastroenteritis were more severe compared to those of a viral nature. In Qatar, noroviruses have been implicated as the predominant viral pathogen associated with severe diarrhoea in children [33]. Microbiological studies on bacterial diarrhoeal illness among hospitalized children in Pakistan [34], Egypt [35,36], Iran [24], Palestine [37], Djibouti [38] and Somalia [39] reported that the main etiologic agents were Campylobacter, Salmonella, E. coli and Shigella. Clinical findings in these studies varied according to the aetiology of diarrhoea; however, abdominal pain, vomiting, fever and dehydration were seen in a majority of cases, and the highest incidence rates were commonly reported in the summer months.
In Libya [40], Sudan [25] and Tunisia [41], the molecular screening of the aetiology of acute diarrhoea among young children has revealed that the major viral agents identified were rotavirus and norovirus, the most frequently diagnosed bacterial pathogens were Salmonella spp. and E. coli and the most commonly detected parasites were Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica. Overall, the above reported studies across different countries in the EMR (Table 1) suggest that knowledge of the aetiology of diarrhoea is important for guiding future epidemiological surveillance and for the implementation of evidence-based public health measures to prevent and control this disease syndrome. Salmonella has been featured as one of the leading bacterial causes commonly detected in child diarrhoeal cases across the EMR. In the following section of this review, we will elucidate the state of epidemiological and microbiological features of non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) implicated in acute paediatric gastroenteritis in children in this region.

4. Non-Typhoidal Salmonella (NTS)—The Pathogen, Exposure and Illness

As of 2012, t more than 2587 serovars of Salmonella enterica have been reported from all over the world, and almost all are able to cause illness in animals and humans including gastroenteritis and other acute infections [44]. Salmonella spp. are capable of adapting, growing and/or surviving in a various range of environments including temperatures as high as 54 °C or as low as 2 °C, extracellular pH levels below 3.9 and up to 9.5 and salt concentrations up to 4% wv−1 NaCl [45,46,47]. Such exceptional characteristics can have a significant effect on the survival of Salmonella outside of the host organism and in food during processing, preparation, and storage [45,48]. In pure cultures, Salmonella spp. are normally inactivated by frozen storage at −22 °C in as few as 5 days [49]; however, freezing does not eliminate the pathogen from contaminated foods [50]. In addition to its survival in extreme conditions, the growth of this pathogen in non-host environments such as natural waters, wastewater sludge, soil and compost has also been reported in several studies [51,52].
There are two major clinical syndromes caused by Salmonella infection in human: the first is typhoid and paratyphoid fever, caused by S. Typhi and Paratyphi, which are highly adapted to the human host; and the second major clinical syndrome is the gastrointestinal disease caused by a large number of NTS serovars, which are predominantly found in animal reservoirs [53]. The most common mode of NTS infection in human is the ingestion of contaminated food or water [54,55]. Initial symptoms are characterized by an acute onset of fever and chills, nausea and vomiting, abdominal cramping and diarrhoea, and other nonspecific complaints including headache, myalgias, and arthralgias [56,57]. Gastroenteritis caused by NTS is usually self-limiting, lasting for 10 days or less, and may be grossly bloody [54]. Salmonella is excreted in faeces after infection, a process that may last for a median of 5 weeks; however, the excretion may be prolonged in young children [58,59]. In rare cases, NTS infections could develop atypical clinical syndromes of variable severity, including bacteraemia, endovascular infection and focal infection [56,60]. In developing countries, children with bacteraemia are more likely to have predisposing conditions, a higher risk for the incidence of meningitis and increased fatality rates compared to adults [58,61].

5. Implication of NTS in Diarrhoeal Illnesses in the EMR

The global burden of NTS gastroenteritis is estimated to be 93.8 million human infections, with 155 thousand deaths and an average incidence rate of 1.14 episodes/100,000 persons [62]. This reflects the enormous burden of the disease in both industrialized and developing countries [63]. For the WHO-defined EMR, the median incidence rate of NTS is 1610 illnesses, with 0.6 deaths per 100,000 persons [64]. The incidence rate of salmonellosis varies substantially between countries across the EMR and is influenced largely by the absence of systematic, harmonized national and regional surveillance and reporting systems. An epidemiological survey in Qatar spanning eight years (2004 to 2012) reported that the incidence rate of reported NTS associated illnesses ranged between 12.3 and 18.1 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, with most reported NTS cases occurring in children under the age of five [65]. In Lebanon, the Department of Epidemiologic Surveillance data from 2001 to 2013 indicated that the annual incidence rate of reported salmonellosis was 13.3 per 100,000 individuals, with an increasing trend of the number of NTS cases between 2009 and 2013 [66]. In Jordan, the reported rate of human salmonellosis is alarmingly higher than what is reported elsewhere across the EMR, with a notification rate of 124 cases per 100,000 persons, as reported in a study from 2003 to 2004 [67]. Significant associations between climatic factors and NST infections have been reported in Iraq [68], Jordan [42], Tunisia [69], Iran [24], Saudi Arabia [70] and Qatar [33]. It has been documented that ambient temperatures contribute directly to Salmonella multiplication in foods, water and contaminated environments and thus propagate the likelihood of infection [15,71].
Few studies have been carried out to elucidate the epidemiology of gastrointestinal salmonellosis in the EMR, particularly on children. The prevalence rates of NTS range from as low as 0.2% to as high as 34% [27,39], with the highest reported age-related prevalence usually among children under the age of five (Table 2). Published studies reporting the rates of NTS in the EMR countries are summarised in Table 2. Studies from Iraq (Mosul) [68], Iran (Tehran) [72], Saudi Arabia [27], Kuwait [31], Morocco (Marrakesh) [43] and Yemen [73] reveal a noteworthy high incidence rate (15% to 34%) of NTS (Table 2).
Several published studies (Table 2) indicate that the most widely reported serovars associated with acute diarrhoeal disease across the EMR are the Salmonella serovar Typhimurium and Salmonella serovar Enteritidis [73,76,80]. Similar to the situation in EMR, S. Typhimurium followed by S. Enteritidis are also the top-ranked serovars involved in human diarrhoeal illnesses across Africa, North America and Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) [82]. In contrast, S. Enteritidis is more frequently reported than S. Typhimurium in human clinical isolates in Europe, Asia and Latin America [83].
The difference in Salmonella prevalence and the diversity of NTS serovars among humans is dynamic in nature, and it is not surprising to capture variations between countries. Such variations might be attributed to several factors impacting NTS levels in food and water, which play a major role in human exposure to infection [84]. Among these factors are climate, food-animal production practices, the level of spread of specific serotypes in environmental reservoirs and the availability of vaccination programs in food animals. Eggs and poultry products have been described as the main vehicles for the transmission of human salmonellosis, accounting for the majority of foodborne outbreaks [84,85].

6. NTS and the Risk of Zoonotic Exposure from Chicken Meat Products

Several studies in the EMR investigated the prevalence of NTS in local and imported chicken meat, as summarised in Table 3. Rates of Salmonella contamination vary between countries due to a number of factors including the source and type of sample, slaughterhouse sanitation, the level of cross-contamination at the retail level and the detection methods employed [76,86]. In Iraq, Salmonella contamination was reported in 26% of fresh retail chicken meat samples [87,88] and in 39% of raw and frozen chicken carcasses [89]. Studies in several EMR countries have identified low Salmonella prevalence rates in chicken meat, such as in Kuwait [90], Tunis/Tunisia [91], Saudi Arabia/Riyadh [92], and Egypt [93,94]. Several studies indicated that S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis were the most prevalent serovars in chicken meat in the EMR [86,93,95,96]. Interestingly, the two most commonly reported Salmonella serovars in human diarrhoeal illness are also the two commonly recovered serovars from chicken meat, highlighting the role of chicken meat as an important source of salmonellosis in this region.
To study the zoonotic transmission of NTS at the human–animal–food interface, it is important to employ the advances in molecular epidemiology tools. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) have been widely considered to be the gold standard molecular subtyping and fingerprinting methods for tracking the source of Salmonella contamination [108,109]. However, in recent years, Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) has become a powerful tool in elucidating transmission pathways [110]. For Salmonella, WGS provides a massive amount of data for research purposes along with the rapid acquisition of multilocus sequence types (MLST), serotypes and antimicrobial resistance gene data [111,112,113]. Sequence-based typing can also be used to obtain basic biological insights to explain the associations between isolates, thus providing added value to the source attribution [112,113,114]. In addition to its high discrimination ability, WGS could provide additional data about virulence determinants and genome evolution, and such results can be easily shared and communicated [115,116,117].

7. Antimicrobial Resistance in NTS at the Interface between Human and Food of Animal Origin in the EMR

Antimicrobial therapy is recommended in severe cases and/or cases of prolonged enteritis, meningitis, septicaemia and extra-intestinal complications associated with salmonellosis [53,58,60]. Antimicrobial resistance in NTS has increased in recent years worldwide, due to the widespread use of antimicrobial drugs in human and veterinary sectors, and poses an on-going threat to global public health [118,119,120,121]. The incidence of resistance to traditional antibiotics (e.g., ampicillin, tetracycline and streptomycin) is evident to be high in Salmonella isolates from foods of animal origin, especially poultry, in EMR countries [86,87,98,99,100,101,102,103,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120]. This finding is highly concerning from a public health perspective, as many of these traditional (1st generation) antibiotics are still widely prescribed to treat diarrhoea in children and adults due to their low cost and availability in developing countries, including countries of the EMR [121,122]. Similar patterns of high resistance to these traditional antibiotics are also evident in Salmonella isolated from human enteric illnesses, especially in Iraq [68], Kuwait [31], Saudi Arabia [123], Jordan [77], Iran [76], Oman [124] and Libya [40].
Studies in Saudi Arabia [123], and Kuwait [125] reported frequent resistance to chloramphenicol in NTS isolated from childhood diarrhoea (although it is not approved for human use). Resistance to chloramphenicol in Salmonella is facilitated by type A chloramphenicol acetyltransferase genes (catA1 and catA2) or by cassette-borne type B chloramphenicol acetyltransferase genes (catB2, catB3 or catB8) [126,127]. Furthermore, two new chloramphenicol/florfenicol exporter genes, cmlA9 and floR, have recently been identified for phenicol resistance genes in Salmonella isolates [121,122,123,124,125,126,127,128].
Resistance to nalidixic acid (NA) in Salmonella isolates from paediatric cases with enteritis was as high as 84.2% in a study in Libya [40] and was detected at a rate of 42.3% in a study in Iran [72]. There is an alarming concern over the increase in the resistance of NTS to ciprofloxacin and extended-spectrum cephalosporins [118,129], given the critical clinical relevance of these antimicrobials. Chromosomal mutations in the genes encoding topoisomerase II, gyrA and gyrB, and/or topoisomerase IV, parC and parE, accounting for resistance to quinolones/fluoroquinolones, are known to occur in Salmonella isolates [130]. More recently, various plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance (PMQR) genes including genes qnrD, qnrA, qnrB and qnrS variants, all of which code for DNA topoisomerase protecting proteins, as well as the genes qepA and qepAB coding for a quinolone-specific efflux pump, and the acetyltransferase aac(60)-Ib-cr, have been identified in Salmonella isolates [131,132,133]. In some EMR countries, the increase in resistance is rapid and considerable; in Libya, a study reported that 63.1% of human Salmonella isolates were ciprofloxacin-resistant [40].
Resistance to β-lactam antibiotics (penicillins, cephalosporins, and carbapenems) in Salmonella is mediated by a wide range of β-lactamase enzymes [134]. To date, genes coding for 13 different types of β-lactamases have been known in Salmonella. Among them, blaAAC/blaDHA/blaCMY/blaTEM genes are of particular importance as the first representative encoding of cephalosporinases that hydrolyse most β-lactamase except carbapenems [129]. Extended-spectrum cephalosporins are the antimicrobials of choice for invasive Salmonella treatment, especially in children where treatment with fluoroquinolones is not recommended [130]. A study by Rotimi et al. [135] observed resistance to cefotaxime and ceftriaxone among Salmonella spp. isolated from stool samples of patients with acute diarrhoea and septicaemia during 2003–2005 in Kuwait and United Arab of Emirates.

8. Conclusions

This review consolidates recent updates on the spectrum of enteric pathogens in the EMR region, with special emphasis on NTS. Among bacterial pathogens, NTS infections continue to pose a distressing public health concern, notably in children under five years old. The emergence of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella strains present a great challenge at the human–food–environment interface in terms of the effective treatment of the infections caused by these strains. The EMR spans different countries with varying and evolving socio-economic statuses. Several countries in the EMR, notably Iraq, Yemen and Syria, are experiencing similar challenges as a result of fragile political situations and insecurity as well as sanitation, food safety, and food security issues and an influx of refugees. The public health system in several countries in the EMR is struggling to respond to the evolving burden of enteric illnesses due to the lack of surveillance of important enteric pathogens, such as Salmonella, at hospital, household and food chain levels and would benefit from a multi-dimensional research approach encompassing these levels. Bacterial infections and their antimicrobial resistance profiles should be monitored more closely across the EMR, especially in vulnerable groups such as children less than five years old. Studies focusing on investigating epidemiological and microbiological aspects of infectious diarrhoea in underprivileged communities/regions at the national level should be prioritized in future research.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, I.H.; methodology, A.H.; writing―review & editing, A.H., M.O., S.A., I.H.

Funding

This research received no external funding.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Table 1. Distribution of different pathogens from diarrhoeal stool samples among children across countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Table 1. Distribution of different pathogens from diarrhoeal stool samples among children across countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Country/LocalityStudy Period/MonthPopulation/Age No. of Stool Samples Prevalence of EnteropathogensReference
Virus (%)Bacteria (%)Parasite (%)
Bahrain20Children < 15 years805Rotavirus (13.9) Adenovirus (0.6)Salmonella spp. (5.7)
Shigella spp. (3.2)
Campylobacter jejuni (1.6) Enteropathogenic
Escherichia coli (E. coli) (0.5)
ND (not detected)[30]
Djibouti1Children < 16 years209NDEnteroadherent E. coli (EAEC) (10.6)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (11.0)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) (7.7)
Shigella spp. (7.7)
Salmonella spp. (2.9)
Campylobacter jejuni/coli (3.3)
Aeromonas hydrophila (3.3)
ND[38]
Egypt/AlexandriaNot describedChildren mean age 9.8 months880NDCampylobacter spp. (17.2)
Salmonella spp. (3)
Shigella spp. (2)
ND[35]
Egypt/Fayoum2Children < 5 years356Rotavirus (17)Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (10.8)
Campylobacter spp. (5.6)
Shigella spp. (2.0)
Salmonella spp. (0.6)
Aeromonas hydrophila (1.1)
Vibrio fluvialis (0.6)
Cryptosporidium (10.7)[36]
Iran/Tehran24Children < 5 years1078NDShigella spp (26.7)
Shiga-like toxin producing E. coli (STEC) (18.9)
Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) (16.6)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) (12.6)
Campylobacter spp. (10.8)
Salmonella spp. (7.6)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (6.8)
ND[24]
Iraq/BaghdadNot describedChildren < 10 years1500NDSalmonella spp. (4.28)
Shigella spp. (2.14)
Entamoeba histolytica (83.58)[28]
Jordan/Irbid12Children < 12 years265Rotavirus (32.5)Enteropathogenic E. coli (12.8)
Enteroaggregative E. coli (10.2)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (5.7)
Shigella spp. (4.9)
Salmonella spp. (4.5)
Campylobacter jejuni/coli (1.5)
Enteroinvasive E. coli (1.5)
Entamoeba histolytica (4.9)
Cryptosporidium spp. (1.5)
Giardia lamblia (0.8)
[42]
Kuwait15Children (not described)621Rotavirus (45.0)
Adenovirus (4.0)
Salmonella spp. (24)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (9)
Campylobacter jejuni (7)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (7)
Shigella (4)
ND[31]
Libya/Tripoli8Children < 5 years239Norovirus (15.5)
Rotavirus (13.4)
Adenovirus (7.1)
Astrovirus (1.7)
E. coli (11.2)
Salmonella spp. (9.7)
Shigella spp. (0.8)
Campylobacter spp. (2.9)
Aeromonas spp. (4.2)
Cryptosporidium spp. (2.1)
Entamoeba histolytica (0.8)
Giardia lamblia (1.3)
[40]
Morocco/Rabat13Children < 5 years122Rotavirus (17.2)
Astrovirus (4.9)
Hepatitis A (0.8)
Norovirus (0.8)
E. coli (58.2)
Shigella spp. (7.4)
Salmonella spp. (4.1)
Campylobacter spp. (4.1)
Giardia intestinalis (0.8)
Entamoeba histolytica (0.8)
[43]
Oman/Muscat24Children < 5 years217Rotavirus (31.0)
Adenovirus (4.0)
E. coli (10)
Shigella (7)
Campylobacler spp. (2)
Salmonella spp. (2)
Giardia lamblia (11), Entamoeba histolytica (9)[32]
Pakistan/Karachi and Rawalpindi24Children < 3 years402Rotavirus (8.2)Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) (32.8)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (14.2)
Shigella spp. (3.2)
Salmonella spp. (2)
ND[34]
Palestine/Gaza12Children < 12 years300 NDEnterohemorrhagic E. coli (8.3)
Shigella spp. (6.7)
Campylobacter jejuni (5)
Salmonella spp. (4)
Yersinia enterocolitica (2.7)
Aeromonas spp. (4.7)
Plesiomonas spp. (1.3)
ND[37]
Qatar6Children (not described)288Norovirus (28.5)
Rotavirus (10.4)
Adenovirus (6.25)
Astrovirus (0.30)
Salmonella spp. (8)
Escherichia coli (3)
Shigella spp. (1.5)
Campylobacter spp. (1.5)
ND[33]
Saudi Arabia/Eastern Province19Children (not described)853Rotavirus (11.5)Salmonella spp. (34)
Shigella spp. (14.7)
Entamoeba histolytica (13.5)
Giardia intestinalis (10.4)
[27]
Saudi Arabia/Jeddah12Children < 5 years576Rotavirus (34.6)E. coli (13)
Klebsiella pneumoniae (4)
Salmonella spp. (3)
Shigella flexneri (2.6)
Giardia lamblia (3.1)
Entamoeba histolytica (2.2)
Trichuris trichiura (0.7)
Hymenolepis nana (0.7)
Ascaris lumbricoides (0.7)
[28]
Saudi Arabia/Najran region9Children < 5 years326Rotavirus (17.2)
Adenovirus (3.7)
Astrovirus (1.2)
Salmonella spp. (8.6)
Shigella spp. (2.1)
Giardia lamblia (0.9)
Entamoeba histolytica (0.3)
[29]
Somalia Mogadishu12Children < 14 years1667Rotavirus (25)Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (11)
Shigella spp. (9)
Campylobacter jejuni (8)
Vibrio cholerae non-O1 (6)
Salmonella spp. (4)
Aeromonas hydrophila (9)
Plehnwnas shigelloides (2)
Giardia intestinalis (8)
Entamoeba histolytica (2)
[39]
Sudan/Khartoum12Children < 5 years437Rotavirus A (22)Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) (21)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) (14)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (9)
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) (4)
Shigella sonnei (3)
Shigella flexneri (4)
Shigella dysenteriae (1)
Salmonella typhi (2)
Salmonella paratyphi C (1)
Campylobacter jejuni (3)
Giardia intestinalis (11), Entamoeba histolytica (5)[25]
Tunisia12Children < 5 years124Rotavirus (33.9) Norovirus (8.9)Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) (23.4)
Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC) (12.1)
Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) (13.7)
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) (21)
Enterohemoragic E. coli (EHEC) (1.6)
Salmonella spp. (9.7)
Entamoeba coli (1.6)
Cryptosporidies (1.6)
Giardia lamblia (0.8)
Blastocystis hominis (0.8)
[41]
Table 2. Prevalence of Salmonella detected in children with acute diarrhoea in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Table 2. Prevalence of Salmonella detected in children with acute diarrhoea in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Country/LocalityStudy Period/MonthPopulation/AgeSource of CasesMethodsNumber of Acute Diarrhoeal CasesPrevalence of Salmonella Infected (%)Predominate S. SerovarReferences
Bahrain24Children < 15 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)80546 (5.7)Typhimurium[30]
Djibouti1Children < 16 yearsHealth centresSalmonella culture (stool)2096 (2.9)NS (not specified)[38]
Egypt/AswanNot describedChildren (not described)Outpatients and inpatientsSalmonella culture (stool)15111 (7)NS[74]
Egypt/CairoNot describedChildren < 5 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)3565 (1.4)NS[75]
Egypt/Fayoum2Children < 5 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)3562 (0.6)[36]
Iran36Children < 5 yearsChildren hospitals admissionsSalmonella culture and PCR55542 (7.6)NS[24]
Iran/Tehran108Children < 14 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)2487700 (28.14)NS[72]
Iran/Tehran24Children < 12 yearsPaediatric hospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)5900139 (2.4)Typhimurium
Enteritidis
[76]
Iraq/MosulNot describedChildren < 7 yearsPaediatric hospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)11117 (15)Typhimurium
Worthington
[68]
Iraq/BaghdadNot describedChildren < 10 yearsPaediatric hospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)42018 (4.7)NS[26]
Jordan/Irbid12Children < 12 yearsHospitalized childrenSalmonella culture (stool)26512 (4.5)NS[42]
Jordan48Children (Not described)Hospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)1400150 (10.7)NS[77]
Kuwait15Children (Not described)Hospitalized childrenSalmonella culture (stool)621 149 (24)NS[31]
Libya/Zliten12Children < 12 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)16923 (13.6)Heidelberg
Enteritidis
[78]
Morocco/Marrakesh12Children < 15 yearsPatient children in householdSalmonella culture (stool)390127 (32·56)Salmonella group A
Salmonella group B
Salmonella group C
Salmonella group D
[79]
Morocco/Rabat13Children < 5 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)1225 (4.1)NS[43]
Oman/Muscat24Children < 5 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)2175 (2)NS[32]
Pakistan/Karachi and Rawalpindi24Children < 3 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)4028 (2)NS[34]
Palestine/Gaza12Children < 12 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)30012 (4)NS[37]
Qatar5Children (Not described)Hospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)28823 (8)NS[33]
Saudi Arabia/Yanbu4Children (Not described)Hospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)13615 (11)Typhimurium
Enteritidis
Virchow
[80]
Saudi Arabia/Eastern Province19Children (Not described)Hospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)853290 (34)NS[27]
Saudi Arabia/South Jeddah12Children < 16 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)36756 (15.3)NS[70]
Somalia/Mogadishu12Children < 14 yearsHospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool)16674 (0.2)NS[39]
Sudan/Khartoum12Children < 5 yearsChildren in rural areaSalmonella culture (stool)4373 (0.7)Enteritidis[81]
Tunisia/Tunis48Children 1–15 yearsPaediatric and health centresSalmonella culture (stool)11511 (9.5)Enteritidis
Anatum
[69]
Yemen/Thamar12Children (Not described)Hospital admissionsSalmonella culture (stool, blood, urine)46073 (15.9)Typhimurium
Enteritidis
[73]
Table 3. Prevalence of Salmonella detected in chicken meat in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Table 3. Prevalence of Salmonella detected in chicken meat in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Country/LocalitySource of SamplesNo. Positive/No. Test (% Prevalence)MethodsPredominant S. SerovarsReference
Egypt/Dakahlia,
Gharbia, Damietta and Kafr el-Sheikh
Chicken meat14/320 (5)Salmonella culture and PCRTyphimurium
Enteritidis
Infantis
[93]
Egypt/MansouraChicken carcasses
Chicken drumsticks
Chicken gizzards
Chicken livers
8/50 (16)
14/50 (28)
16/50 (32)
30/50 (60)
Salmonella culture and PCREnteritidis
Typhimurium
Kentucky
[86]
Egypt/Minoufiya and CairoChicken meat6/100 (6)Salmonella culture and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF)Typhimurium
Enteritidis
[94]
Egypt/ZagazigChicken meat7/50 (14)Salmonella culture and PCRTyphimurium[97]
Iran/AlborzChicken meat
Chicken liver
Chicken heart
Chicken gizzard
58/200 (29)
26/120 (21.6)
17/120 (14.1)
10/120 (8.3)
Salmonella cultureThompson
Enteritidis
Typhimurium
[87]
Iran/TehranChicken meat86/190 (45)Salmonella cultureThompson
Haardt
Enteritidis
[98]
Iraq/BaghdadChicken meat39/100 (39)Salmonella cultureInfantis
Enteritidis
Vichow
[89]
Iraq/MosulChicken meat21/81(26)Salmonella cultureInfantis
Zanzibar
Anatum
[88]
Jordan/IrbidChicken meat91/104 (87.5)Salmonella culture and PCRNS[99]
Jordan/NorthernChicken product (shawarma)30/80 (37.5)Salmonella culture and PCRParatyphi A
Cholerasuis
Pullorum
[100]
Jordan/NorthernChicken meat200/302 (66)Salmonella culture and PCREnteritidis
Cholerasuis,
[101]
KuwaitChicken carcasses11/180 (6.1)Salmonella cultureEnteritidis
Infantis
[90]
Libya/TripoliChicken product (burgers)15/120 (12.9)Salmonella cultureNS[102]
Morocco/TetouanChicken meat18/86 (20.9)Salmonella cultureKentucky
Typhimurium,
Enteritidis
Agona
[95]
Pakistan/HyderabadChicken meat38/100 (38)Salmonella cultureEnteritidis
Typhimurium.
[103]
Pakistan/KarachiChicken carcasses78/160 (48.75)Salmonella cultureEnteritidis
Typhimurium
[96]
Saudi Arabia/RiyadhChicken liver
Chicken heart
Chicken spleen
209/3284 (6.3)
107/2315 (4.6)
45/899 (5.0)
Salmonella cultureEnteritidis
Virchow
[92]
Sudan/KhartoumChicken meat35/193 (18.13)Salmonella cultureStanleyville
Kentucky
Virchow
Hadar
Typhimurium
[104]
SyriaChicken meat32/100 (32)Salmonella cultureNS[105]
TunisChicken meat29/60 (48.3)Salmonella culture and PCRTyphimurium
Zanzibar
Orion
[106]
Tunis/TunisiaChicken meat29/433 (6.7)Salmonella culture and PCRKentucky
Anatum
Zanzibar
[91]
United Arab Emirates/DubaiChicken meat28/60 (46.67)Salmonella cultureNS[107]

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