Epidemiological Study of Diarrhoea  in Al-Rashedia Village in Ninava in Iraq

H. Saeed, Bushra; M. Gazal, Farah; S. Nori, Hanan

doi:10.33899/rjs.2005.43749

	Epidemiological Study of Diarrhoea in Al-Rashedia Village in Ninava in Iraq
Rafidain Journal of Science
Article 20, Volume 16, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 191-206 PDF (0 K)
DOI: 10.33899/rjs.2005.43749
Authors
Bushra H. Saeed; Farah M. Gazal; Hanan S. Nori
Abstract
The present study include a general survey of the reason of diarrhea of the patients visited the Health center of Al-Rashidia village. We have collected 754 samples from patients between 1-69 years old. The result prove that Salmonella sp. And kinds of parasites such as Entamoeba coli , Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia are the main reasons of diarrhea. For Salmonella sp. the recorded percentage of infection is 44.04% whereas the highest percentage of infection among those whose is between 20-29 years is 17.3%. We should mentioned that the females are more exposed to infection than males (29% ♀, 15% ♂). This study showed that there is a direct relation between the infection and the months of the year. The highest percentage (4%) of infection in female is during September, whereas the lowest percentage (0.7%) of infection in male during February and July. As for the parasites causing diarrhea the percentage of infection is (20.9%) for E. coli, (20%) for E. histolytica and (14%) for G. lamblia . We have also noted that the people between (1-10) years old are more exposed to infection and their percentage is (24%.3). The results indicated that the infection with males is higher than that of females (39.6% ♀, 23.1 ♂). Moreover, this study shows that there is a close relation between the infection and the month of the year. The highest percentage of infection in July is (8.1%) whereas the lowest on is (2.7%) in January.

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