Open AccessInvestigate of contamination of some wells with infectious stages of intestinal parasites in Saladdin - Iraq
Author(s) -
Ashraf Jamal Mahmoud Zangana,
Abid Ahmad Erdeni
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1294/6/062085
Subject(s) - toxocara canis , ascaris lumbricoides , entamoeba histolytica , veterinary medicine , entamoeba coli , contamination , microbiology and biotechnology , pollution , helminths , biology , water pollution , ecology , zoology , medicine
The study investigated the pollution of water of some wells with infectious stages of intestinal parasites. Eleven water wells were examined. The results of the microscopic examination of water samples were cysts of, Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli and Toxocara canis and mature and immature eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides at different rates, as the results showed that the highest rate of E. histolytica is in the well number 10, which amounted cyst to 0.23 followed by cyst of E. coli in well No. 5, 0.11 and A. lumbircoides in wells 10 and 11 With 0.12 and 0.07 respectively, followed by I. canis eggs in both wells 9 and 2, 0.13 and 0.06 respectively, as well as physical and chemical tests of well-studied water. In this study, for the first time, the diagnosis of intestinal parasitic stages of infection in water wells, specifically in the province of Salah al-Din.