Epidemiology study of Entamoeba spesies in AL-Qadisiya governorate

Abstract

This study has been  conducted for the period from the first of March 2014 until September 2014 and included the auditors to Diwaniya General Hospital and Women's Hospital and children in the province of Diwaniya and civil analytical laboratories in the province.  A sample of 679 of auditors' stool  have been  examined by using the direct swab from different age groups and both sexes. The study shows that  61.26% of  people have been infected by  screened amoeba parasite. The infected rate of both sexes is  58.2% and 41.9%, respectively, but it  does not show significant differences between them. The study also shows that  the different age groups and different infected rates are the highest in the age group 1-15 years and the lowest rate in the age group 65 years and over(76.68% and 0.7%), respectively and the study does not show significant differences that are statistically significant in the infected rate of the population of the city and the countryside. The infection rate is 52.4% and 47.6%, respectively. The monthly distribution of infection shows  that the highest percentage of infection is in August (31.49%) and the lowest is  in March (7.93%). The impact of the quality of drinking water used on the emergence of the infection has been  also noted which amounts (83.89%) in people who drink sterile or distilled water  and (16.1%) in people who drink non-sterile or undistilled water. Also, it has been  noted  that the emergence of the highest infections in financially  poor families in (787.78%) rate. Finally, it is observed that there are differences in the rate of infection among individuals who keep animals in their homes, but they are not significant statistically.