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The Role of Housing Type and Drinking Water in Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites Among Pupils of A Number of Primary Schools in Rural Area of Al-Taamem Province-Iraq | ||
| Rafidain Journal of Science | ||
| Article 9, Volume 16, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 83-89 PDF (0 K) | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/rjs.2005.43513 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hider M. Al-Shirifi; Ibraheem A. Abdullah | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The results of examining 806 pupils of 19 primary schools in rural regions of Al-Taamem province living in houses of variable buildings and drinking water from different sources revealed their infection with the following intestinal parasites: Protozoa ; Giardia lamblia 9.90% ; Entamoeba coli 5.30% ; E. histolytica 4.73% ; Iodamoeba butschlii 1.32% ; Endolimax nana 0.88% ; Chilomastix mesnili 0.50% and Trichomonas hominis 0.19% . Helminths ; Hymenolepis nana 4.03% ; Enterobius vermicularis 2.10% ; Ascaris lumbricoides 0.63% and Trichuris trichiura 0.38% with a total percent of infection 29.95%. The highest infection rate appeared in pupils inhabited muddy houses which differs significantly (P = 0.05) from all other types of houses and those using water from wells from other sources of water. | ||
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