The Prevalence of Whipworms Trichuris Trichiura In Outpatient Laboratories In The Baiji City

Abstract

This study included one hundred 100 fecal samples collected from several outpatient laboratories in the city of Baiji for subjects with symptoms consisted of diarrhea, fever, loss of weight, etc. for the period from March 2014 to May 2014 for different age groups ranged between 2 to 52 years for both genders. The samples have been examined using the direct swab moist method, and the concentration Formaldehyde – ether method, then dyed with lugol iodine pigment 1% to identify whipworms Trichuris Trichiura in the stool samples

The total infestation percentage with Trichuris Trichiura was % 44 in all the samples, and the distribution of infection rates by gender shows that a higher infection rate was of women, reaching to 72.73% while it was only 27.27% in male subjects. The study also, recorded infection rates of 86.36% and 13.64% for water sources of municipality pipe and water wells respectively. Also, the age group of 15-27 years old are the most susceptible to infection with a rate of 38.64%, followed by the age group of 41-52 years which have 27.27%, followed by the age group of 28-40 years which have only by 18.18%, while the age group of 2-14 years are the least likely to be infected with a rate of 15.91%, and the study also showed that the infection was also accompanied with various symptoms, where the abdominal pain and weight loss were the most common symptoms in 50% of the cases.

By comparing stool samples properties with those symptoms, found that diarrhea with abdominal pain and weight loss is the most common symptoms at a rate of 60.00%. However, other symptoms like fever and weight loss were not seen in the infected subjects, unlike diarrhea which was a predominant property of stool samples for the infected subjects with a rate of 68.18%.