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Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica Among Population at Wasit Province | ||
| Journal Of Wassit For Science & Medicine | ||
| Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 54-57 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Abdulsadah A.Rahi; Enas M. Mutlak | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Entamoeba histolytica is intestinal protozoan parasite still major health problem in tropical and subtropical areas. Diarrhoeal stool specimens from 78 persons between age of 1 month and 60 years attending to Al-Karamah's Hospital at Wasit Province of Iraq, were examined for the presence of Entamoeba hitolytica. Of these,13 out of 78 patients, (16.6%) were found infected with parasite. The distribution of Entamoeba hitolytica infection among the population surveyed were also analysed according to the gender and age.The higher infection was appeared in males (20 %) than females (10.7). Prevalence of E. histolytica was found to increase with age group(21- 40) years (22%) whereas absent in age group (< 1). | ||
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