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The Association of Intestinal Parasites with Serum Zinc Level among primary school Children in Iraq. | ||
| journal of the college of basic education | ||
| Article 1, Volume 17, Issue 70, 2011, Pages 131-138 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ahmed J.Al-Bayatti; Shatha Q.Jawad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Objective: Zinc is an active element in the body and behaves as a co-factor for many enzymes, so the aim of this study was to investigate the association between intestinal parasites and serum zinc level in children in Iraq, and the effect of parasitie infections on the nutrition, growth, and physiology of host is still poorly understood.Subject & Methods : Stool samples was taken from 40 primary school children in al –sabaa –abkar in Baghdad city (zam zam school children) 20 of them was boys and 20 was girls, testing for intestinal parasitic infection from the period form 10/2008 to 5/2009, then blood samples was taken from each child for measured serum zinc level by atomic absorption spectrophotometer.Results Conclusion: 17 patients presented more than one species of intestinal parasites, 9 of them was boys and 8 was girls, No significant deferences was recorded between them .Giardia lamblia was fond in6 (15%) child, Entamoeba histolytica found in 5(12.5%) and Entamoeba Coli was found in 2(5%). But Enterobous vermicularis, Blastocystis hominis was found in 3(75%), 1(2.5%) respectively. The mean of serum zinc level of parasitic infected children was lower (71.06) than that of control (91.61) also the weight and height, there was significant differences between infected and free parasitic children with serum zinc level.Free children was higher (31.89kg) (109.78cm) than that of parasitic infected children (28..24kg) (100.59cm)respectively ,but there was no significant difference between them.We need further investigation in bigger groups for elucidate the role of zinc and –or other Biochemicals in the serum of parasitic infected children in Iraq, for determine the main factors influencing the occurrence of infection, promotion of environmental sanitation for the affected areas | ||
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