وبائية دودة المشوكات الحبيبية Echinococcus granulosus لدى الكلاب السائبة في محافظة بابل

Abstract

The current study was conducted in the period from March 2013 till March 2014 to investigate the infection of Echinococcus granulosus in homeless dogs with percentage infection in human in Babylon province and compare it with statical infections of some world countries.The total number of examined samples was 343 feces sample from different areas of Babylon province, all samples examined by direct smear method in the advanced parasites laboratory in the college of the Science / Babylon University. The result shows the total infection rate of E. granulosus was 27.4 % in dog feces samples, also 24 infections of Echinococcosis from 192 patient for period February 2013 till February 2014, This study include the relation of age, sex, infected organ type.The infected ages was 6-64years, the highest infection rate was 20% for ages (21-30) year, division to 25.8% for female was higher than male 10.53% , the study shows that the liver was more infected than other organs 75%..