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<h3>Background</h3>
<p>Infections with helminths are associated with deficient sanitary facilities, unsafe human waste disposal, inadequate and lack of safe drinking water, and low socioeconomic status.</p>
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<h3>Objective</h3>
<p>To determine the prevalence of some gastrointestinal helminths among Iraqi people, and association of infections with age, sex, and region in Iraq.</p>
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<h3>Method</h3>
<p>This study is retrospective, including reported cases of infections using an available surveillance database from January 2013 to December 2013 of all provinces of Iraq by the Ministry of Health.</p>
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<h3>Result</h3>
<p>The overall prevalence of gastrointestinal helminthiasis was 1.39%. Enterobius vermicularis found to be the predominant helminth parasite. No significant (P &lt; 0.05) relationship was found between sex and infection, although male individuals tended to show greater helminthiasis, while a significant relationship was found between age and infection. The common infections were more frequent among the 5-14 year age group. We found a lower prevalence of helminth infections in the northern (Ninevah, Suleimaniyah, Ta’mim, Erbil, and Dohuk) and middle Euphrates (Babil, Karbala, Najaf, Qadisiyah, and Muthanna) region provinces, compared with the middle (Baghdad, Anbar, Diyala, and Salahuddin) and southern (Wasit, Dhi-qar, Misan, and Basrah) region provinces where the prevalence was higher.</p>
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<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>In this study, we found lower prevalence of infections in Iraq than similar studies conducted in other parts of Asia, which may be a consequence of the sample size, seasonal diversity, general personal hygiene, and public health services.</p>
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Background
Infections with helminths are associated with deficient sanitary facilities, unsafe human waste disposal, inadequate and lack of safe drinking water, and low socioeconomic status.


Objective
To determine the prevalence of some gastrointestinal helminths among Iraqi people, and association of infections with age, sex, and region in Iraq.


Method
This study is retrospective, including reported cases of infections using an available surveillance database from January 2013 to December 2013 of all provinces of Iraq by the Ministry of Health.


Result
The overall prevalence of gastrointestinal helminthiasis was 1.39%. Enterobius vermicularis found to be the predominant helminth parasite. No significant (P < 0.05) relationship was found between sex and infection, although male individuals tended to show greater helminthiasis, while a significant relationship was found between age and infection. The common infections were more frequent among the 5-14 year age group. We found a lower prevalence of helminth infections in the northern (Ninevah, Suleimaniyah, Ta’mim, Erbil, and Dohuk) and middle Euphrates (Babil, Karbala, Najaf, Qadisiyah, and Muthanna) region provinces, compared with the middle (Baghdad, Anbar, Diyala, and Salahuddin) and southern (Wasit, Dhi-qar, Misan, and Basrah) region provinces where the prevalence was higher.


Conclusion
In this study, we found lower prevalence of infections in Iraq than similar studies conducted in other parts of Asia, which may be a consequence of the sample size, seasonal diversity, general personal hygiene, and public health services.

The prevalence of some gastrointestinal nematodes and cestodes in Iraqis

Asian Biomedicine

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Background
Infections with helminths are associated with deficient sanitary facilities, unsafe human waste disposal, inadequate and lack of safe drinking...

The prevalence of some gastrointestinal nematodes and cestodes in Iraqis

Article Category: Brief communication (Original)

Published Online: Jan 31, 2017

Page range: 61 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.1001.466

Keywords
Helminths, human, infectious, Iraq, prevalence

© 2016 Ihsan M. Al Saqur, Harith S. Al-Warid, Hussain S. Albahadely, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The prevalence of some gastrointestinal nematodes and cestodes in Iraqis

Article Category: Brief communication (Original)

Published Online: Jan 31, 2017

Page range: 61 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5372/1905-7415.1001.466

KeywordsHelminths, human, infectious, Iraq, prevalence

© 2016 Ihsan M. Al Saqur, Harith S. Al-Warid, Hussain S. Albahadely, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Helminths, human, infectious, Iraq, prevalence