وبائية طفيلي الجيارديا اللامبيلية lamblia Giardia في منطقة الفرات الأوسط

Abstract EN

This study was conducted on the (1350) stool samples from diarrhea - suffering patients in three provinces of Middle Euphrates region: Karbala, Babel and Al- Najaf (450 samples in each province).

Patients ranged in age from 1 to more than 60 years and from both sexes and different regions who were attended to some hospitals, dispensaries and private laboratories in these provinces during the period from the first of May 2013 till the end of April 2014.

All collected fresh samples were examined microscopically by wet-mounts method for G.

lamblia detection.

Based on the results of this study, microscopic examination showed that the total percentages of infection with G.

lamblia were (14.7, 17.3, 16) % in Karbala, Babel and Al- Najaf respectively.

The infection with G.

lamblia was more frequent in males than in females and the prevalence of the parasite in rural areas was higher than the urban areas (P < 0.05) in all studied provinces.

The highest incidence of infection with G.

lamblia occurred in age group (11-20) years (P < 0.01) in all studied provinces.

This study was revealed uneven percentages of infection with different months of a year (P < 0.01) ,in general the highest rate of infection was in summer.

As infection rates are close in the three provinces and the absence of vast differences between these percentages, so the three provinces were treated as one (Middle Euphrates region).

Accordingly the prevalence of G.

lamblia in Middle Euphrates region was found to be 16 % and was more frequent in male (64.4 ) % than in female (35.6)% also the prevalence of the parasite in rural area (66.7)% was higher than the urban area (33.3) % , the highest incidence of infection occurred in age groups (11-20) years with the percentage of (28.7) % and the highest rate of infection was in August (20.4) %.