Hematological test in patients with intestinal parasites in Al-Hashimiah village

Abstract

      An epidemiological study was conducted during the period from May 2008 to January 2009 . this study was carried to reveal the epidemicity of intestinal parasite in human and it's effects on some blood physiological aspects inBabylonprovince . the results show the following :-

      The percentage of male and female infected with intestinal parasite during study period reached about 50% and the percentage of infection increased significantly with age progress (P<0.05) .

     There are many intestinal parasites were detected such as (14.2%) Giardia lamblia, (10.1%) Ascaris lumbricode ,(18.4%) Entameoba histolytica , (12.3%) Entameoba coli ,(18.4%) Ancylostoma duodenale , (20.4%) Enterobius vermicularis and (6.1%) Hymenolepis nana ,

The total count of R.B.C. and Hb of infected human were decreased significantly which is reached 3.9500 ×10‘cell\mm³ and 8.6mg\100ml , respectively compared with those non infected    which was  5.62×10 cell\mm³ and 11.57mg\100ml (P<0.05

      Significant increase were noticed in total count and differential counts of W.B.C. of infected human which is reached i0.6 cell\mm³ as compared with uninfected  human which is reached 6.31 cell