Incidence and age distribution of Giardia lamblia infection for sex years in Al-Najaf province in Iraq

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Giardia lamblia infection in Al-Najaf province, Iraq, based on various risk variables for sex years. From October 2015 to March 2021, samples were collected from suspected patients in the AL-Hakeem hospital and AL-Zahra maternity and paediatrics clinics in AL-Najaf province; stool samples were collected into clean, wide-mouth specimen bottles from suspected patients, and freshly voided stool specimens were processed and examined microscopically for intestinal paralysis. The current investigation found that 44 out of 44 (9.77%) patients were infected after detecting cyst and trophozoite of G. lamblia. The infection rate is proportional to the size of the family. Children from tiny families had the lowest infection rate (18.3%/15/82) and 18.3% (15/82). (4 persons). The infection rate gradually increased as family size grew, reaching 83.3 percent (5/6) in children from big households (12 persons). Based on the chi-square test, it was discovered that family size is non-significantly (P > 0.05) connected with pinworm infection.

Prevalence of Giardia Lamblia in Diarrhea in Some Health Centers in Duhok City, Iraq

“…In this kind of investigation, giardiasis infection was found by direct examination under a microscope or the floatation technique. In the current study, the incidence of infection with Giardia lamblia in diarrheic children in Duhok was (9.05%), which is more or less similar to many studies in Iraq, including in Duhok city (M Abdullah, 2017), in Baghdad governorate (Saeed Jaeffer, 2011), and in Al-Najaf province (Mohy et al, 2022), where the incidence of Giardia lamblia infection was 9.5%, 10.72% and 9.77%, respectively. This result is also in disagreement with studies in other parts of the Iraq, conducted in Duhok city was 38.5% by (Al-Saeed & Issa, 2006), in Babylon Province was 28% (Khorsheed Rasheed et al, 2020), in Duhok Province was 15.55% (Haji et al, 2023), and in Karbala city was 4% (Ubaid & Ubaid, 2022).…”

Interleukin 18 and interleukin 22 as important immune markers in patients with tuberculosis

“…This protein is a member of the interleukin family, which are proteins that mediate cellular immune responses by binding to specific cell surface receptors and then triggering a specific biological response [27,28]. IL-22 has been shown to be important in the inflammatory response because it is produced by a variety of cells in the immune system that respond to infection or injury by recruiting other immune cells to the site of injury or infection [29,30].…”

Bacteriological Investigation of Pathogenic Bacteria Causing Urinary Tract Infections: A cross-Sectional Study

“…The Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method was used to test antibiotic susceptibility [14]. Five fresh bacterial colonies were suspended in nutrient broth (0.5 Mc-Ferland standard tubes with 1.5x10 8 CFU per ml) and adjusted accordingly [15]. A streak of suspension was added to Mueller Hinton agar, which was then covered with all antibiotic discs and incubated aerobically at 37°C for 24 hours [16].…”