Isolation of Parasitic causes of digestive system infection from primary rural school in a Reghala Village in Babylon City

Abstract

This study was conduct to exam stool samples from students of Ausama Bin Zaid primary school which lie in the Al- Reghela Village in Babylon Governorate .Two handrid fifty random stool samples of males and females students from different stages were examined directly .Results showed 126 samples (males and females ) were infected with parasites from total samples which represent 50.4% ,diagnosed as 74 (29.6%) males while 52 (20.8%)females .Results showed increasing in the rate of Giardia lamblia infections in comparing with other enteric parasitic causes , there were 71 (28.4%) males and females students in this study were infected with Giardia lamblia ,from which 38 (15.2%) for males infections, while in females were 33 (13.2%) . This study was recorded presence infection of 19 (7.6%) males and 15 (6%) females students with Entamoeba histolytica and 34 (13.6%) in total ( males and females ).Infection with Hymenolepis nana were recorded in 9(3.6%) males and 2 (0.8%) females students .Finally there were 8 (3.2%) males and 2 (0.8%) females have mixed infection with Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia.