Epidemiological Study of Diarrhoea in Al-Rashedia Village in Ninava in Iraq

The present study include a general survey of the reason of diarrhea of the patients visited the Health center of Al-Rashidia village. We have collected 754 samples from patients between 1-69 years old. The result prove that Salmonella sp. And kinds of parasites such as Entamoeba coli , Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia lamblia are the main reasons of diarrhea.
For Salmonella sp. the recorded percentage of infection is 44.04% whereas the highest percentage of infection among those whose is between 20-29 years is 17.3%. We should mentioned that the females are more exposed to infection than males (29% , 15% ). This study showed that there is a direct relation between the infection and the months of the year. The highest percentage (4%) of infection in female is during September, whereas the lowest percentage (0.7%) of infection in male during February and July.
As for the parasites causing diarrhea the percentage of infection is (20.9%) for E. coli, (20%) for E. histolytica and (14%) for G. lamblia . We have also noted that the people between (1-10) years old are more exposed to infection and their percentage is (24%.3). The results indicated that the infection with males is higher than that of females (39.6% , 23.1 ). Moreover, this study shows that there is a close relation between the infection and the month of the year. The highest percentage of infection in July is (8.1%) whereas the lowest on is (2.7%) in January.