STUDY EFFECT OF SOME CONTAMINATION SOURCES IN THE INFECTION TRANSPORT OF THE INTESTINAL PARASITES AMONG CHILDREN IN SOME VILLAGES OF MOSUL CITY

Abstract

The paper aims to perform study to investigate the types and percentage of intestinal protozoa and worms parasites spread among the children in different countryside located around Mosul city. The study involved different samples of children whom uses water and foods from different supply sources and lived indoors made of different establishing materials. The study has carried out during the interval extended from March 2007 to Aprial 2008 and involved 1317 an investigated samples of children at ages (1-14) years. The obtained results have showed an existence of different types of parasites and worms in different types of protozoa and worms in the used samples. The protozoa groups showed presence of Entamoeba coli, Gairdia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica and Iodomoeba butschlii types, while the worms types were Ascaris lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Hymenolypis nana and Taenia saginata as well. Moreover, the study has also showed that the maximum infections were (62.3% ) between children engage indoors of mad made, 73.2% Jaetween children use shared water: tap water plus well's water, whereas the maximum percentage infection was 98.5%) between children depending on agriculture and animals in their living