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The comparison between male and female of infection Cryptosporidium in Baghdad
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SAFA T.WHAEEB, ZEID ALSADOON, MUTHANNA NAEEMAH KARAM ALTAEE, BRAA A. ALSHAKIR, HASANAIN SAHIB SALIH, FAISAL ALI LATTEF, RAFAL SALAM KADHIM
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The present study aimed to explore the Cryptosporidium in 90 patients (human stool) selected from a private laboratory in Baghdad /Iraq during the period of study in (2019), by using the modified acid-fast Ziehl–Neelsen (ZN) stain to identify the oocyst of parasite in all samples, evaluate the prevalence of the parasite between males and females and for evaluate the relationship of the parasite and age of patients in this study .
This study showed that the total number of infected patients is 40 from 90 taken samples.
The result of this study showed no significant differences (p<0.01) appeared between the males and females of the study, the number of infected patients is (17 females out of 40 and 23 males out of 50).
And there were significant differences (p<0.01) between the younger ages that was more affected than the older patients (33.33% and 6.66%) Respectively.
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Cryptosporidium
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.04.350
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