Detection of some protozoan parasites that infect the human gastrointestinal tract

Abstract EN

Stool specimens were collected from patients who presented for various medical complaints in out patient Laboratories (The Central Health Laboratories / Baghdad).

Every specimen was examined by Conventional microscopic examination (C’ME) and tested by IgG-ELISA kit.

Antibody against the Entamoeba histolytica, detected by ELISA-has the potential to become a valuable adjunct to blood diagnostics and make it more affective, although there is no replacement foe the microscop^al examination because other potential pathogens could otherwise escape detection.

Our sttidy was conducted in AL-Yarmok Hospital and the Central Health Laboratories in Baghdad to identify the prevalence of E.

histolytica and Giardia lamblia among patients who attended these two clinics .

General stool examination was carried out for each patient using direct method.

The overall rates of protozoal infections with E.histolytica among all diar-rheal cases were 40.

6 % ; 42.

5 % ; 40 % ; 52.

8 % 49.

3 % 5.

4 % and 46.

1م / م in years between March 1999 to December 2006 respectively (except 2003), and for intection with G.lamblia were 17.

2; % 23 ; %13.

6 ; %15.

6 ; 13.

6 % 23 % and 23.

4 % in years from March 1999 to December 2006 respectively (Except 2003).

The highest rate of infection with E.

histolytica was 52.

8 % in 2002 and for G.lamblia was (23.

4) % in 2006 .

The highest rate of