Isolation and Identification of Some Parasites Transmitted by Cockroach Blattella germanica in Al-Diwaniya City/ Iraq | ||
| Almuthanna Journal of Pure Science (MJPS) | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 1, December 2014, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hussam Saeed Al-Aredhi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Fifty samples of adults German cockroach Blattella germanica were collected from different parts of Al-Diwaniya city during the period between October 2013 until March 2014 in order to isolate and identify the parasitic pathogens from external and digestive tract of German cockroach. 78% of the examined cockroaches were infected with one or more species of protozoa or worms, the infected percentage of protozoa was 62% while the percentage of infection by worms was 70%. Prevalence of Endoparasites was statistically higher significantly than the parasites carried on the external surface by using Chi square test at (P< 0.05). Eight species of parasites were isolated from the external surface and digestive tract of German cockroaches included two species of protozoa were Nyctotherus ovalis and Entamoeba coli cyst by infection present of (62 and 4)%, respectively; and four species of worms Hammerschmiditella diesingi, Thelastoma bulhoesi, Blattellicola blattae and Gordius robustus (42, 28, 16 and 14)%, respectively, in addition to the eggs of worms Enterobius vermicularis and Ascaris lumbricoids by infection present of (6 and 4)%, respectively. The results showed presence of three species of parasites shared between humans and animals which carried by German cockroach were Entamoeba coli cyst, Enterobius vermicularis eggs and Ascaris lumbricoids eggs which were isolated from the external body of German cockroach. | ||
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