Epidemiology of intestinal parasites among food handlers in Erbil City

العناوين الأخرى

وبائية الطفيليات المعوية بين العاملين في مجال الأغذية في محافظة أربيل

المؤلفون المشاركون

Koyee, Qaraman Mamakhidr
Faraj, Abbas Muhammad

المصدر

Duhok Medical Journal

الناشر

جامعة دهوك كلية الطب

تاريخ النشر

2012-12-31

دولة النشر

العراق

عدد الصفحات

12

التخصصات الرئيسية

الطب البشري

الملخص الإنجليزي

Background and Objectives: An epidemiological prospective study was carried out during the period from beginning of October 2005 to the end of March 2006 to investigate the types and prevalence of intestinal parasites among the foodhandlers in Erbil governorate.

Methods: A total of 587 stool samples were collected from foodhandlers of 10≥50 years old age groups.

The stool samples were examined by direct and concentration methods (floatation and sedimentation).

Zinc-sulfate, sugar and salt solutions used in floatation, while formalin-ether used for sedimentation.

Results and Conclusions: The total rate of infection among foodhandlers was 26.58% of which 24.53% were protozoans and 2.21% were helminthes.

Zinc-sulfate flotation method showed higher efficiency in diagnosing intestinal parasites, followed by saturated salt solution flotation method.

The differences among these methods were statistically significant at both levels of 0.01 and 0.05.

The survey among foodhandlers showed the presence of the following parasites: among protozoans Entamoeba histolytica with the higher incidence of (12.95%), followed by Giardia lamblia 8.006%, Entamoeba coli 3.24% and the least infection percentage was 0.17% for both Iodamoeba buetschlii and Trichomonas hominis.

Among helminthes infections are Hymenolepis nana in a high percentage of 2.04% and the lowest incidence of 0.17% for Ascaris lambricoides were recorded.

Single parasitic infection was the highest with a percentage of 21.29%, double infection 2.55% and only one case of triple infection in the rate 0.17 % of the total infection was recorded.

No significant difference was noticed for different age groups; however the few differences noticed were not statistically significant

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رقم السجل

BIM-831960

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