study of Trichomonas vaginalis infection among women at Wasit Province, Iraq

Abstract

Trichomoniasis is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by Trichomonas vaginalis. The current study was conducted during the period from January 2022 to July 2022 to investigate the infection of Trichomonas vaginalis in Iraqi women at Wasit province . A total of 100 women of different ages were enrolled in this study. The vaginal swabs were collected from each woman. A consent form which included age, area of residence, educational level , in addition to the symptoms were obtained from the participants. By Wet mount examination , 4% infection rate with Trichomonas vaginalis. The age class of 20-30 years had the highest rate of infection (3%); while infection among patients from urban resident (3%) was higher than of rural resident (1%). Women with primary educational level showed higher prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis (2%) than other levels and status. About 86 % of the studied women had vaginal discharge , while 81% of them had vulvular itching . Dysuria was Other less frequent symptom. These results indicated the low prevalence of Trichomonas vaginalis among Iraqi women at Wasit province

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“…These results were similar to those studies which reported that the prevalence rates of E. histolytica was 15.6% in preschool children in Bangladesh [26], and 11% in children of Delhi, India, and Pakistan [27,28] and 21.0% in seven villages of Malaysia [29]. Similar results were also found in Al-Karamah Teaching Hospital and in Ibn Al-Atheer Hospital in Iraq by [30,31]. The reason of infection prevalence is high in the children among this age group may be due to their poor health and decreased resistance when compared to the older people.…”

“…Consequently, compared to the older people, they become more susceptible to parasites. Moreover, inadequate water supply, poor hygiene, toilet training, climatic conditions, huge populations, and the lack of social support are some factors that play the important roles in the prevalence of E. histolytic and G.lamblia infection [13,16,31]. These findings were similar with those of other investigations which obtained that diarrhea occurrence in males was higher than in females [32].…”

Epidemiological and diagnosis study of Entamoeba histolytica in diabetic patients at Kut city

“…The diabetic patients are considered as the immunocompromised group of patients (6). E. histolytica is one of the intestinal protozoan parasites that cause what is known as amoebiasis, and it is the third leading cause of death after malaria and Schistosomiasis (7). The transmission of the parasite depends mainly on the contamination of water and food with the cyst, which is one of the most important means that contribute to its transmission, and therefore prevention depends on the cleanliness of food, boiling drinking water, and sterilization with iodine is one of the means that contribute to the elimination of the cysts in endemic areas (8).…”