The prevalence of Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica/dispar among Iraqi provinces

Saqur, Ihsan M. Al; Al-Warid, Harith Saeed; Albahadely, Hussein S.

doi:10.1016/j.kijoms.2017.04.001

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“…Based on this, amoebiasis differ from giardiasis infection due to mucus with faeces and the diarrhoea contains mucus and blood. These results are also in line with the findings of Stepek et al (2006), Haque (2007) and Saqur et al (2017) which was conducted in different parts of the world. The parasitic diseases are frequently observed in children compared to adult because children play with each other in the dirt without washing their hands except their parents instruct them to wash their hands.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Gastrointestinal Parasite Diseases and Signssupporting

confidence: 92%

“…This prevalence is seen because of lack of sanitation in the area. Similarly, the case is described in some local communities of the world that are exposed to parasitic diseases (Speich et al, 2013;Saqur et al, 2017). The major clinical signs as identified by the traditional herbalists considered as being related to gastrointestinal parasites infections in humans are stomach ache, presence of tapeworm segments in the faeces as well as the presence of blood and mucous in the faeces and/or diarrhea for protozoa parasitic infections.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Gastrointestinal Parasite Diseases and Signsmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…The parasitic diseases are frequently observed in children compared to adult because children play with each other in the dirt without washing their hands except their parents instruct them to wash their hands. Similarly according to the study of Abdullah et al (2016) and Saqur et al (2017), children are mostly faced with intestinal parasitic infection.…”

Section: Prevalence Of Gastrointestinal Parasite Diseases and Signsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of gastro-intestinal parasitic diseases in human in Yeki district, Southwest Ethiopia

Garedew¹,

Abebe²

2018

Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.

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The use of medicinal plants plays a major role in the primary health care of human beings in Ethiopia. A study was carried out to document ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of gastrointestinal parasitic diseases of human in Yeki district, southwest Ethiopia. The key informants were selected using purposive sampling method. The information was obtained from 26 informants and 8 herbalists through the use of a semi-structured interview and observation on the habitat of medicinal plants. The collected data were analyzed using excel spread sheet. The survey revealed that 29 plant species belonging to 20 families were identified, and they were used for the treatment of gastrointestinal parasitic diseases of human. Among different intestinal parasite studied, protozoa (Amoebiasis) contributed the highest prevalence (48.28%) which infects children frequently. Lamiaceae (13.79%) species was the most frequently used plant family. Leaves were the most frequently used plant parts, constituting 51.72% followed by bark, seed, and fruit each with 6.89%. The remedies were prepared crushing single plant (62.5%) and in few cases mixtures of different plants (37.5%). Plants like Maytenus arbutifolia and Pycnostachys meyeri were approved by most of the healers which was used to control parasites. The collated data analysis revealed that a protozoan parasite infection is the most prevalence in the area due to less personal and environmental hygiene. The study revealed that information on medicinal plants was mostly confined to older people, and there is danger that this knowledge can be lost before being passed on to next generations. Therefore, there is an urgent need to document information on these plant species so that the future generation can benefit from it. Further investigation should be carried out to validate the efficacy and safety of the aforementioned plants so as to provide cheap alternative ways of controlling parasites.

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Section: Prevalence Of Gastrointestinal Parasite Diseases and Signssupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Prevalence Of Gastrointestinal Parasite Diseases and Signsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Prevalence Of Gastrointestinal Parasite Diseases and Signsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of gastro-intestinal parasitic diseases in human in Yeki district, Southwest Ethiopia

Garedew¹,

Abebe²

2018

Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.

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“…The proportion of children infected with E. histolytica was higher than those infected with G. lamblia, similar to the report of a study conducted in the same geographical area (17) and in Côte d'Ivoire, Iraqi and Ethiopia (5,18,19). The discrepancy in prevalence and predominance of the two parasites among studies conducted inside or outside the country may be due to several factors, including climatic conditions, poverty level, nutritional status, socio-economic conditions, high population density, healthrelated behaviour, illiteracy and poor sanitation (20).…”

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confidence: 88%

Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia among schoolchildren in Um-Asher Area, Sudan

Hajissa¹,

Muhajir²,

All³

et al. 2020

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Objective: Infections with Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia are widely prevalent and responsible for serious public health issues among school-aged children in developing countries. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of these parasites among children from two primary schools in Um-Asher area, Khartoum, Sudan. A total 170 fresh stool specimens were collected from November 2017 to June 2018. The samples were examined by microscopy for the presence of the two parasites. Results: The overall prevalence of both parasites among the 170 children was 20%, with 13 children infected with E. histolytica (7.6%) and 23 with G. lamblia (13.5%). Most of the positive cases were single infections. Only two children (1.2%) had mixed infections. This indicates that these gastrointestinal parasites remain a challenging public health concern wherever sanitation and health measures are limited.

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“…Parasitic infections particularly, protozoans infections are a significant causes of diarrheal diseases at individual and public health levels in lower-income countries due to lack of safe water supply, poverty, ignorance of health promotion practices and impoverished health services. [15][16][17] In this study, the overall prevalence of intestinal protozoan infection was 59.3%. Our finding was higher than the study conducted in Ethiopia 45.3%, 18 35.5%, 19 41.1%, 20 20.4%, 21 10.6%, 22 44.6%, 23 Iran, 30.1%, 24 37.5%, 25 Ghana 42.9%, 26 Nigeria 19.3%.…”

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confidence: 67%

<p>More Than Half Prevalence of Protozoan Parasitic Infections Among Diarrheic Outpatients in Eastern Tigrai, Ethiopia, 2019; A Cross-Sectional Study</p>

Berhe¹,

Mardu²,

Tesfay³

et al. 2020

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Background: Protozoan infections remain a major public health concern in Ethiopia, which causes malnutrition, protein and iron deficiencies, increment of health costs, hospitalization and long-term deleterious effects. In Tigrai, particularly, in the study area, there are limited literatures on the prevalence of protozoa and associated factors among diarrheic outpatients. Thus, aimed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of protozoan infections among diarrheic outpatients in Eastern Tigrai. Methods: Health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Eastern Tigrai, Ethiopia from April to October 2019 among diarrheic outpatient in health facilities of Adigrat. Four hundred one eighteen study participants were included consecutively. The stool samples were examined via direct wet mount following formal-ether concentration technique. Both interviewer based and self-administrated questionnaires were used to collect demographic data and factors associated with protozoan infections. Data were analyzed and computed using BM SPSS statistics version 22.0. P-value=0.05 at 95% confidence interval declared statistically significant. Results: Out of 418 diarrheic outpatients, the overall prevalence of protozoan infection was 59.3% (248/418). A higher percentage of intestinal protozoan infection was recorded for females 130 (31.1%). Using well water as a source of drinking, poor hand washing habits before eating, not home latrine, dirty and untrimmed fingernails were the most important risk factors identified. E. histolytica complex and Giardia duodenalis were the most predominant protozoan infections detected among diarrheic outpatients. Conclusion: The present study showed that diarrheic outpatients in the study area were heavily infected with protozoan parasitic infection. E. histolytica complex and Giardia duodenalis were the most predominant protozoans detected among diarrheic outpatients. Using well water as a source of drinking, poor handwashing habit before eating, not having home latrine, dirty and untrimmed fingernails were most important risk factors identified. So, cooperative action and health education on preventive measure are needed to reduce protozoan infections in Tigrai, particularly in the study area. The present study showed that diarrheic outpatients in the study area were heavily infected with protozoan parasitic infection.

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The prevalence of Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica/dispar among Iraqi provinces

Cited by 22 publications

References 19 publications

Ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of gastro-intestinal parasitic diseases in human in Yeki district, Southwest Ethiopia

Ethnomedicinal plants used for the treatment of gastro-intestinal parasitic diseases in human in Yeki district, Southwest Ethiopia

Prevalence of Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia among schoolchildren in Um-Asher Area, Sudan

<p>More Than Half Prevalence of Protozoan Parasitic Infections Among Diarrheic Outpatients in Eastern Tigrai, Ethiopia, 2019; A Cross-Sectional Study</p>

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