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The role of the Periplaneta americana (L.) in the transmission of parasitic pathogens in the hospitals and health centers of Al-Diwaniya City. | ||
| journal of al-qadisiyah for pure science(quarterly) | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 9-25 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hussam S. Al-Aredhi; Hadi M. Al-Mayali | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Tow hundred and fifty samples of adult American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) were collected from hospital and health centers in the Al-Diwaniya City during period between October 2010 and May 2011 in order to isolate and diagnose pathogenic parasites from American cockroach, 238 of 250 sample was infected with one or more species of Protozoa or worms (95.2%). The study also appeared that the infection percentage with Protozoa were 83.2% while the infection percentage with worms were 73.2%. Six species parasites were Isolated from American cockroach which included tow species of protozoa, Balantidium sp. and Nyctotherus ovalis (83.2% and 1.2% respectively), and four species of worms were Thelastoma bulhoesi, Blattellicola blattae first recorded in Iraq, Gordius robustus, Hammerschmiditiella diesingi (48.8%, 32%, 17.2% and 7.2% respectively). As well as the results of statistical analysis indicated that there was no significant differences in the percentage of parasitic infections in hospitals and health centers studied in Al-Diwaniya City, the highest infection rate was recorded in Afak hospital (100%), while the lowest recorded was in clinic of Alaskary quarter (83.3%). The results also showed that secondary infection is the most common in hospital and health centers (42%), while fourth infection showed lowest recorded with (3.2%). As well as the results showed the important role of American cockroach in transmission some parasitic pathogen shared between human and animal was Balantidium sp. | ||
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