Open AccessEpidemiology of hydatid disease in Najaf province/Iraq
Author(s) -
Raja Jawad Mohamed,
Alyaa Neamah Najm Alsaedi,
Jasim Hameed Taher
Publication year - 2021
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 - 10.1088/1742-6596/1879/2/022037
Subject(s) - hydatid cyst , epidemiology , incidence (geometry) , medicine , cyst , echinococcosis , disease , male to female , age groups , surgery , veterinary medicine , demography , pathology , physics , optics , sociology
It was clinically and surgically proven that sixty-four patients were infected with a hydatid cyst. Follow up was done in Al-Sadder Medical City, Najaf/Iraq during the period between January and December 2018. The incidence of the prevalence of hydatidosis female was higher than that of males. The youngest patients infected was five years, and oldest was over than 70 years old. The age group 21-30 years old had the highest percentage of hydatidosis infections. The rate of infection in females 64 (61%) more than males 25 (39%). Compared to males, there was a substantial rise (P 5cm) than those with small cyst sizes (<5cm).