Patients with COVID-19 and intestinal parasites in the Al-Diwaniyah Governorate

Abstract

The study included a survey of intestinal parasites of patients infected with the emerging Coronavirus, COVID-19, in Al-Diwaniyah Governorate from October 2021 to June 2022, aimed to study the effect of Parasitic infection associated with COVID-19 patients in Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, by examining 211 patients with the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-COVID-19), their infection was confirmed by Real-time PCR method in the laboratories of Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital. The results show that single parasitic infections were more common in COVID-19 patients, the rate of parasitic infection associated with coronadisease was more in cities than in the countryside, males were affected more than females, the age group (31-50) was more susceptible to infection, the rates of infection with parasitic species associated with Covid-19 patients varied, as a higher level of infection was recorded with Entamoeba spp with 66.66%, dwarf tapeworm H. nana by 16.66%, Giardia lamblia parasite G. lamblia by 10%, and finally Ascaris lumbricoides by 8.33% and 10.33%. Keywords: protozoa, helminths, covid-19, SARS-COVID-19.