دراسة وبائية لداء الاكياس العدريةHydatid disease من الانسان في محافظة ذي قار

Abstract

The present study is considened disease (epidemic ) for the human beings is infected with hydatid disease in Thi-Qar province during the period from the beginning of Septemper 2007 upto the end of August 2008. The study included 196 patient, about whom there is adoubt if they are infected with hydatid cysts at Al- Hussein Teaching Hospital in Thi-Qar province .It was noted that the infected persons were 85 patient with the percentage 43.37% from total number which was 196. Most the infected were females when the percentage of the females infection was 50.00% more than that of the males which was 36.17% .It was also noted that there was arise of infection percentage when the patients were 31-40 years old , which was 66.67% and it was less when the patients were 71-80 years old percentage with 8.00% . The study found that the highest infection percentage was in liver 50.00 % and then in lungs 35.23% .Geographically , the infection percentage was 67.65% at Al-Batha and the lowest was in Nassiriyah 11.11%. The infection was high in Winter 55.39% while in Summer 35.09% was very low. The study indicated that the infections were distributed according to clinical signs and symptoms .The common symptoms of disease and abdominal pains with 54.29% ,cough with 50.00% ,high temperature 29.41% ,hepatomegaly 20.00% and jaundice 9.09% .The present results also indicated that the infection percentage in blood group B was the highest which was 62.26% and less in AB which was 29.41%.