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PREVALENCE RATE OF INTESTINAL PARASITE ASSOCIATED WITH DIARRHEA | ||
| AL-TAQANI | ||
| Article 1, Volume 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 134-141 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hydar Hamza Ibraheem Al- Taie; Ahmed Hadi A. AL- Mosa | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was performed from December 2003 to October 2004 to investigate the prevalence rates of intestinal parasites among some outpatients and inpatients, who were suffering from diarrhea, This study included 865 patients from both sexes and different ages. In addition, the prevalence rate of parasite was 530 (61.2%) cases of diarrhea. Stool samples examinations were performed for these cases, which included direct smear method, concentration sedimentation method and scotch tape method for investigating Enterobius vermicularis in children. this study record that the high prevalence rate of infection with intestinal parasite in urban regions compared with rural regions and high prevalence rate of infection with intestinal parasite in non-education patient comparison with education patient. This study records that the number and percentage of parasite with diarrheas as follows: Entamoeba histolytica 146(27.54%), Giardia lamblia 98(18.49%), Trichomonas hominis 25(4.71%), Entamoeba coli 175(33.01%), Hymenolopis nana 61(11.5%) and Trichuris trichuria 25 (4.71%). | ||
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