Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Mosul University - College of Nursing

10.37652/juaps.2010.15480

Abstract

The paper aims to perform study to investigate the types and percentage of intestinal protozoa
and worms parasites spread among the children in different countryside located around Mosul city. The study
involved different samples of children whom uses water and foods from different supply sources and lived
indoors made of different establishing materials. The study has carried out during the interval extended from
March 2007 to Aprial 2008 and involved 1317 an investigated samples of children at ages (1-14) years. The
obtained results have showed an existence of different types of parasites and worms in different types of
protozoa and worms in the used samples. The protozoa groups showed presence of Entamoeba coli, Gairdia
lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica and Iodomoeba butschlii types, while the worms types were Ascaris
lumbricoides, Enterobius vermicularis, Hymenolypis nana and Taenia saginata as well. Moreover, the study has
also showed that the maximum infections were (62.3% ) between children engage indoors of mad made, 73.2%
Jaetween children use shared water: tap water plus well's water, whereas the maximum percentage infection was
98.5%) between children depending on agriculture and animals in their living

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