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INCIDENCE OF GIARDIAISIS IN PATIENTS ATTENDING AL-IMAM ALI GENERAL HOSPITAL IN AL-SIDDAR CITY, BAGHDAD, IRAQ | ||
| journal of kerbala university | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 150-155 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Hisham Atwan Swadi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study is aimed to asses the incidence of giardiasis in patients attending Al-Imam Ali general hospital in Al-Siddar city, Baghdad. A total of 2923 stool specimens collected from patients which have symptoms of diarrhoea. The incidence of Giardia. lamblia infection was 6.84 %. The highest rate of infection was in July (12.22%) and the lowest in December (4.29 %) with significant difference (P < 0.05). Females had a higher rate than males (7.00% and 6.70 %) respectively without significant difference. The cysts infection had the highest rate compared with trophozoites infection with significant difference (P < 0.05).. Some samples showed mixed infections were G. lamblia was combined with Entamoeba histolyitca and Hymenolepis nana. | ||
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