Study of Prevalence of intestinal parasites infection among children in & attending to Karbala teaching hospital for children | ||
| journal of kerbala university | ||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 4, December 2014, Pages 50-56 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study sought to determine the type of the intestinal parasites and the range of spread them among infected children in the Karbala teaching hospital for children from January- 31st December 2013 were investigate 2036 stool samples collected from less one year- 12 year (1149 males and 887 females) children who suffer from some of symptoms of disease such as abdominal pains, loss of appetite, bloody diarrhea, paleness and anal itching. Results showed that the intestinal parasites were isolated from 877 stool samples (43.07%) and the highest ratio of the intestinal parasites was Entamoeba histolytica (20.31%) followed by Giardia lamblia and Enterobius vermicularis (15.96% and 5.99%), respectively.The infection was varied according to the age, while the highest infection was recorded in the children (>3-6 year) represent (52.38%), the lowest infection was recorded in the children (9-12 year) represent (24.33%). The total infection between the males and females was no significantly different with infection rate (46.30% males) and (38.86% females). The results also showed that the highest infection rate was recorded during November (47.88%) and the lowest rate during February (36.36%).In spite of the variation in the rates of infection, no significant differences were found in the rates of infection (P < 0.05), among the study months. | ||
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