This study detects the serological test  and the prevalence of Cytomegalovirus infection in women (from 14-45 years) in AL-Najaf city, 300 samples were collected from AL-Zahraa Hospital, AL-Hakeem Hospital and central public health laborotary from the September 2019 to December 2019 ,5ml of blood samples have been withdrawn from each women, centrifuged at 3000 r.p.m for 15 minutes, the serum has been aspirated to another test tube for storage in deep freeze (-20˚ C) until the time of analysis, the following laboratory testing, ELISA (CMV IgG, CMV IgM ), The percentage of cases of total CMV that showed positive results for ELISA CMV IgG test were /289) 96.3 %( from total sample, and for ELISA CMV IgM tests, were)  /6 2%( from total samples

Objectives: the aim of present study was to search for Cryptosporidium spp. in our children and tracking different epidemiological effects. Methodology: Random fecal specimens were collected from 467 of children whom attended to hospitals of four Iraqi governorates, modified Ziehl-Neelson staining for all samples, two advanced PCR techniques (Nested PCR and Real Time PCR) were used for all positive samples to detect species. Data was analyzed by use of Yat’s Chi-square test. Results: Among the 467 examined children, Cryptosporidium Oocytes’ were found to be excreted in 39 (8.35%) of them. Molecular tests showed that C. parvum and C. hominis found in 72.9% and 24.3% of positive samples respectively, two samples (5.1%) explain mixed species infection, whilst one sample (2.7%) don’t reveal any amplification, that may mean species other than of C. parvum or C. hominis. Conclusions: The present study emphasized the public health importance of Cryptosporidium spp in the study area. It seems that zoonotic species (C. parvum) is the most important cause of infection in the region. According to our knowledge, this report is the first that recorded the species of Cryptosporidium in Iraq. Recommendations: Further studies at different areas and age groups are required to investigate the molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in our community, and also in the animals to evaluate the role of zoonotic transmission in cryptosporidiosis epidemiology.

This study was conducted to detect genotypes and the spread of infection with viral hepatitis B type among children of both sexes (from newborns until the age of 16 years) in four provinces of the middle Euphrates provinces (Najaf, Karbala, Babel, and Diwaniya), 422 samples were collected from seven specialized hospitals (one hospital in Najaf and two hospitals from each of the three remaining provinces). There were 76 samples from children with thalassemia and the other 346 samples were random samples from children. The following technologies, ELIZA (HBsAb, HBsAg) and biochemical measurements of AST and ALT enzyme levels were applied. The percentage of cases of total viral hepatitis B that showed positive results for ELIZA HBsAb test were 8.767 % from total samples, and for ELIZA HBsAg tests, were 0.01 % from total samples.It was found that 15 out of 43 patients show elevation of ALT enzyme or AST enzyme or both enzymes over the normal value. All thalassemic patients show elevation in both ALT enzyme and AST enzyme.