Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in patients at Wasit Province, Iraq

Magda A. Ali; Ghaidaa M. Najy

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6nS6.12865

Authors

Magda A. Ali Department of Biology, College of Science, Wasit University, Iraq
Ghaidaa M. Najy Department of Biology, College of Science, Wasit University, Iraq

Keywords:

intestinal parasite, Human, Microscope, Wasit, Iraq

Abstract

Intestinal parasites are the causative agents of number of important human infections in developing countries. The present study was aimed to determine the prevalence of protozoan and helminthes infections in diarrheal patients at Wasit province during the period from July, 2022 to September, 2022. A total of 120 stool samples from both gender and different age suffering from diarrheal, abdominal pain and fever. All stool samples were examined microscopically by the direct method for identification the trophozoite and cyst of protozoa and ova of helminthes. Only 55 samples were positive for intestinal parasite. The result showed that the percent of parasite infection among patients and control were 55 (45.83) % and 0(0%) respectively. The higher infection was recorded with Entameba histolytica was 30 (54.5%). The males infection were predominance 17(30.9%) than the females 13(23.63%). According the residence urban areas were reported12 (21.81%) and rural areas were 18(32.72%) infected with Entameba histolytica. The number and percent of co-infection with Entamoeba histolytica and Blastocystis hominis was 7(12.72%) and the male was 3(5.45%) while the female was 4(7. 27%). The infection of Giardia lamblia was 6(10.9%) and the males was 4(7.27%) while the females was 2(3.63%).

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Al-Abbas, A.K.A., (2018). Etiology Of Bacterial Diarrhea In Children Under Five Years In Kerbala Province, Iraq. Iraqi J. Public Heal. 2, 2.

Alanazi, A. D. (2017). The prevalence of intestinal parasitic protozoan among patients in Ad-Dawadimi General Hospital, Saudi Arabia. Tropical Biomedicine 34(2): 453–460.

AL-Kubaisy W, AL-Talib H, Al-khateeb A, Shanshal MM (2014). Intestinal Parasitic Diarrhea among Children in Baghdad– Iraq. Tropical Biomedicine 31(3): 499–506. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25382477/

Al-Qadhi, B., AL-Warid, H.S., Al-Qadhi, M., (2011). Enterobiasis and its relationship with enuresis among orphanage children in Iraqi institute. Baghdad-Iraq. Iraqi J Sci, 52, 394-399.

Al-Qadhi, B.N., Al-Warid, H.S., Anemia and Enterobiasis among Iraqi Children. J. College Basic Educ., 2012, 18, 57-62.

Al-Shammari, S., Khoja, T., El-Khwasky, F., & Gad, A. (2001). Intestinal parasitic diseases in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: prevalence, sociodemographic and environmental associates. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 6(3): 184-189.

Al-Warid, H.S., Musa, I., Al-Qadhi, B.N.(2013). Iron deficiency and anthropometry in children infected with Entamoeba histolytica. Int J Rec Sci Res, 4, 894-89.

Al-yousefi, N. A., Mahdy, M. A., Mahmud, R., & Lim, Y. A. (2011). Factors associated with high prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections among patients in Sana'a City, Yemen. PLoS One. 6(7): e22044.

Al-Zubaidi, M.T.S., (2017). Molecular And Microscopic Detection Of Cryptosporidium Spp In Sheep In AL-Taji Area-Baghdad/Iraq. Int. J. Sci. Nat. 8, 372–376.

Babiker, M.A. and Ahmed E.S. (2009). Frequency of intestinal parasites among food-handlers in Khartoum, Sudan. Estern Medt Hlth J., 15(4);1098-1104.

Balcioglu, I.C., Kurt, O., Limoncu, M.E., Dinç, G., Gümüs, M., Kilimcioglu, A.A., Kayran, E. & Ozbilgin, A. (2007). Rural life, lower socioeconomic status and parasitic infections. Parasitology International 56: 129-133

Bazzaz, Ayoub A., Ouhood M. Shakir, and Raghad H. Alabbasy. (2017). Prevalence of two gastrointestinal parasites E. histolytica and G. lamblia within Samarra city, Iraq. Advances in Biosci and Biotechnol. 8(11): 399-410

Bdir, S., & Adwan, G. (2010). Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infctions in Jenin Governorate, Palestine: a 10-year retrospective study. Asian Pacific Jornal of Tropical Medicine, 3(9), 745-747.

El Kettani, S.; Azzouzi, E.; Boukachabine, K.; El Yamani, M.; Maata, A. and Rajaoui, M. (2008). Intestinal parasitosis and use of untreated waste water for agriculture in Settat, Morocco. Estern Medt Hlth J., 14(6);801-7

Emery, S. J., and Merzaei, M., Vuong, D., Parscovici, D., Chick, J. M., Lacey, E., & Haynes, P. A. (2016). Induction of virulence Chapter five References 71 factors in Giardia duodinales independent of host attachment. Scientific reports, 6, 20765.

Flaih, M.H., Khazaal, R.M., Kadhim, M.K., Hussein, K.R., Alhamadani, F.A.B., (2021). The Epidemiology Of Amoebiasis In Thi-Qar Province, Iraq (2015-2020): Differentiation Of Entamoeba Histolytica And Entamoeba Dispar Using Nested And Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction. Epidemiol. Health 43.

Hamad MN, Siddig HSh, Bashir BA, Mohammed AE, Ahmed HH, Abdalgadir FH, Alameen NF, Mahmoud IM (2019). Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Patients Attended To Alribat University hospital, Khartoum State, Sudan, 2017. Cohesive Journal of Microbiology & Infectious Disease 2(4): 2578-0190.

Hedge, G.R., and Patel, J.C. (1996). Prevalence of intestinal infestation in rural area. Postgrad Med J, 32(4):225-228

Hussain A, Younis EZ, Elamami AH, Jelodar M, Mishra T, Shivaramaiah G (2019). Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infestation Among Expatriate Workers. Cureus 11(6): e4894.

Mahsol, H.H., Mat, D.Z.A., Jalil, M.F. & Ahmad, A.H. (2008). Gastrointestinal protozoan parasites amongst schoolchildren in Inanam, Sabah. A Journal of Science and Technology 23: 45-51.

Mehraj, V., Hatcher, J., Akhtar, S., Rafique, G. & Beg, M.A. (2008). Prevalence and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection among children in an urban slum of Karachi. PLoS ONE 3: e3680

Parija, S. C., Garg, A., Pushpa, K., Khairnar, K., & Priya, T. (2010). Polymerase chain reaction confirmation of diagnosis of intestinal amebiasis in Puducherry. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 29(4), 140-142.

Puebla, L.E.J., Núñez-Fernández, F.A., Nodarse, J.F., Millán, I.A., Rodríguez, I.C., Silva, I.M., Valdés, L.A., Robertson, L.J., (2020). Diagnosis Of Intestinal Protozoan Infections In Patients In Cuba By Microscopy And Molecular Methods: Advantages And Disadvantages. J. Microbiol. Methods 179, 106102.

Ranjbar-Bahadori, S.H., Sangsefidi, H., Shemshadi, B., Kashefinejad, M., (2011). Cryptosporidiosis And Its Potential Risk Factors In Children And Calves In Babol, North Of Iran. Trop Biomed 28, 125–131.

Salim, A.R., Al-Aboody, B.A., (2019). Molecular Detection And Prevalence Of Cryptosporidium parvum, Among Patients With Diarrhea At Al-Rifai City/Thi-Qar Province. Iraqi J. Biotechnol. 18.

Salman AO, Furhan T, Mhaisen FT, Abdul-Rahman A, Al-Tae AA (2019). On the Occurrence of some Intestinal Parasites among Diarrheic Children Attending a Hospital in Al-Karkh Side, Baghdad City, Iraq. Biological and environmenttal researches 3 (2): 93-102.

Samie, A., Tanih, N.F., Seisa, I., Seheri, M., Mphahlele, J., Elbakri, A., Mbati, P., 2020. Prevalence And Genetic Characterization of Giardia lamblia in relation To Diarrhea In Limpopo And Gauteng Provinces, South Africa. Parasite Epidemiol. Control 9, E00140

Sateriale, A., Vaithilingam, A., Donnelly, L., Miller, P., Huston, C.D., (2012). Feed-Forward Regulation Of Phagocytosis By Entamoeba histolytica. Infect. Immun. 80, 4456–4462.

Tyoalumun, K., Abubakar, S., Christopher, N., (2016). Prevalence Of Intestinal Parasitic Infections And Their Association With Nutritional Status Of Rural And Urban Pre-School Children In Benue State, Nigeria. Int. J. MCH AIDS 5, 146.

World Health organization reports (1998).Geneva printed in France (2000). 82.

Zaman, R. F., Khanum, H., Nargis, S., & Das, P. K. (2017). Comparison of saline, iodine and koh wet mount preparations for occurrence of parasites in stool samples from patients attending ICDDR, B. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 45(2), 159-170.