Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in patients at Wasit Province, Iraq

Abstract

Intestinal parasites are the causative agents of number of important human infections in developing countries. The present study was aimed to determine the prevalence of protozoan and helminthes infections in diarrheal patients at Wasit province during the period from July, 2022 to September, 2022. A total of 120 stool samples from both gender and different age suffering from diarrheal, abdominal pain and fever. All stool samples were examined microscopically by the direct method for identification the trophozoite and cyst of protozoa and ova of helminthes. Only 55 samples were positive for intestinal parasite. The result showed that the percent of parasite infection among patients and control were 55 (45.83) % and 0(0%) respectively. The higher infection was recorded with Entameba histolytica was 30 (54.5%). The males infection were predominance 17(30.9%) than the females 13(23.63%). According the residence urban areas were reported12 (21.81%) and rural areas were 18(32.72%) infected with Entameba histolytica. The number and percent of co-infection with Entamoeba histolytica and Blastocystis hominis was 7(12.72%) and the male was 3(5.45%) while the female was 4(7. 27%). The infection of Giardia lamblia was 6(10.9%) and the males was 4(7.27%) while the females was 2(3.63%).