Study of epidemiological features of visceral leishmaniasis in endemic areas of the republic of Uzbekistan

In the study of the clinical and epidemiological course of visceral leishmaniasis in the regions studied by the author, all 70 patients were children. The average age of the patients was 5.8 ± 0.8. 58.6% (41 people) were girls and 41.4% (29) were boys. In terms of regions studied, the highest rate is in Navoi region-from 3.3 to 4.1 per 100,000 population,the incidence rate increased by 1.2 times, followed by Samarkand region-by 2.2 times. In Namangan region, there was a 2-fold decrease.