The spread of the parasite Giardia lamblia in the city of Samarra and its effect on some biochemical variables

Abstract

The current study was conducted on patients infected with Giardia lamblia, who were admitted to Samarra General Hospital and some private laboratories in the city of Samarra / belonging to Salah al-Din Governorate, the age groups ranged from (1-40) years, the work was completed during the period from 10/2/2021 to 1/5/2022. The cases of parasite infestation were diagnosed by examining faeces samples by direct swab method using light microscope to detect the trophic and cystic phases. The current study examined 585 stool samples, the number of infections was 76, and the study includes several criteria (sex, age of residence), lipid profile and blood sugar. The results of the study recorded a significant difference in infection rate at the sex level, and the percentage of males (56.58%) was higher than females (43.42%). While the highest percentage of infection was recorded in the age groups aged (1-10) years in both males and females (38.16%)) and a lower percentage in the age groups ≥40 years (11.84%). The results of the study showed that there was a difference in the rate of infection in the months of the year, if the highest infection rate was in October, November and April, 30.29%, 17.12%, and 25.49%, respectively, and the lowest infection rate was in January, if the infection rate was 5.26%. The study showed that the highest percentage of parasite infection was among the people living in rural areas, and the percentage was 61.71% out of a total of 76, while the percentage of infection among city patients was 38.92%. The results indicated that there was a significant decrease in the level of cholesterol concentrations 162.7 ± 23.1, triglycerides 111.9 ± 26.5 and high-density lipids in the group infected with the parasite compared with the control group. .1 ± 18.8 but a significant increase.