A Study of prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in Shatrah district Thi-Qar governorate

Abstract EN

720 stool samples were collected from attending individuals to Al- Shatrah hospital in Shatrah district of the province of Thi-Qar, and check the usual known methods for the detection of intestinal parasites.

The incidence of total intestinal parasites found 43.1 % and have revealed the incidence of parasite Entamoeba histolytica 29.2 %, then the parasite Giardia lamblia 12.9 %,then Hymenolepis nana 0.7 % and the lowest percentages involved are Enterobius vermicular is 0.3 %, did not show significant differences in the proportion of infection male and female with the proportion of female infection 43.6 % and male 42.4 %, for the age group, the age group 6-10 years were more likely to have a rate of 54.8 %, followed age group 1-5 years and by 48.2 %, while the lowest rate was in the group > 21 years by 27 %, and showed the current results there were significant differences rates of parasitic infections between the rural area and by 47.1 % and between the urban area and by 39.2 %.