The present study included seroprevalence detection of Toxoplasma gondii in human and chickens (Gallus domesticus) in AL-Door district, Salahdin province, and the histological effects of T. gondii on some of internal organs (brain, kidneys, liver and muscles) from chickens. Positive seroprevalence result for human toxoplasmosis was recorded 22.3% with highest prevalence for positive IgG that reported 14.1%. Based on gender, significant increasing was recorded for toxoplasmosis in males 27.3% when compared with female 12.7%, while according to age, significant variances were reported among the age groups, the highest seroprevalence was 27.8% in age group 31-40 years. For seroprevalence of chicken toxoplasmosis, the percentage of positive results was 66.7%. Different histological effects were recorded in the current study such as congested blood vessels in the brain cortex tissue with vacuolation in the outer regions of brain, atrophied glomeruli in the renal cortex, masses of hepatocytes with presence of Kupffer cells, also cellular aggregation of fibroblast and WBCs in muscles.
The current study was conducted to detect the infection rate of the Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia parasite and to determine the relationship between them and Helicobacter pylori bacteria for patients attending Shirqat General Hospital in Salah al-Din Governorate during the period from October 2020 to March 2021. The number of examined samples reached 409, as they were examined by direct smear and Concentration methods using an optical microscope. The results of the study showed that the total infection rate was 46 (11.24%) positive samples and 363 negative samples with a rate of (88.7%), the Entamoeba histolytica was dominant with rate 67.38%, followed by Giardia lamblia with rate 32.61%, and the infection rates for males were higher than for females. Where the infection rate of males reached 14.29% (34 out of 238) and 7.02% of females (12 out of 171), respectively. The infection rates varied between age groups, as the highest rate of infection was in the age group ≥ 10-1 years, which amounted to 32.6%, and the lowest rate of infection was in the age group 60-51 years, with a rate of 2.17%. The highest infection rate was in October, which amounted to 14.89%, while the lowest infection rate was in December, with a rate of 7.35%. All positive samples were examined for microscopic examination by rapid antigen test to detect H.pylori bacteria involved in infection with Entamoeba histolytica or Giardia lamblia, and the results showed that 13 (28.26) samples were positive and 33 (71.73%) were negative samples, and the Co-infection infection rate was between the Entamoeba histolytica and H.pylori 9 (29.03%) were higher than that of Giardia lamblia and H.pylori 4 (26.66%).The results of the statistical analysis showed that there were significant differences between the sex of patients infected with these parasites and the rates of infection during the months of the study and the age groups of infected patients.
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