Middle East DVEP - Armed Forces Pest Management Board

Oman: Recognized foci of intestinal schistosomiasis occur in southern coastal areas ofthe Dhofar (Zufar) Governorate near Arazat, Mirbat, Taqah, and Salalah. Risk ofinfection is year-round but elevated during the spring. The last indigenously transmittedcases of urinary schistosomiasis caused by S. haematobium were reported in 1982 fromSalalah, although foci of intermediate snail hosts for S. haematobium are known fromnorthern and southern areas of Oman.Saudi Arabia: Foci of S. mansoni occur in the central and western provinces of AlBahah, Al Jawf, Al Madinah (Medina), Asir, Hail, Makkah (Mecca), Najran, Riyadh, andTabuk. Foci of S. haematobium occur in the lowlands of the Red Sea coastal provinces(primarily Jizan and Makkah) and Medina. Transmission occurs year-round, withincreased risk from March through May.Syria: Schistosoma haematobium is focally distributed in Ar Raqqah and Dayr az ZawrProvinces along the Euphrates (downstream from the Euphrates Dam to the Iraqi border)and throughout the course of the Balikh River basins from the Turkish border. Recentestimates of prevalence were