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Study the Relation between the Incidence of Giardiasis and Some Epidemiological Factors in Some Regions of Baghdad City

Author(s) -

Hadeel A. Majeed

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

al-mustansiriyah journal of science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2521-3520

pISSN - 1814-635X

DOI - 10.23851/mjs.v29i3.620

Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , epidemiology , abdominal pain , personal hygiene , diarrhea , hygiene , medicine , environmental health , demography , pathology , physics , family medicine , sociology , optics

In this work, the incidence of giardiasis was investigated in some regions of Baghdad. Different factors were studied such as age, gender, personal hygiene and eating habits, in order to find its correlation with the prevalence of giardiasis. The study was carried out during the period of April 2014 till March 2015. During this period a total of 375 samples have been examined. The total rate of infection was 68/375 (18.13%. The most frequent noticed clinical symptoms in giardiasis cases are abdominal pain 60.97%, diarrhea 41.46% and fever 35%. For the studied factors, each of the age, personal hygiene and eating habits showed a relation with the incidence of giardiasis.

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