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| Prevalence of Human Intestinal Cryptosporidiosis in Iraq during 2000-2020.
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Dr. Nadham Kadham Mahdi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
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Abstract:
The prevalence of cryptosporidiosis among Iraqi people is reviewed from 2000-2020. Since the disease is opportunistic, the distribution is mentioned among immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals in different Iraqi provinces. The prevalence rates are also illustrated in relation to age and residency. It is zoonotic disease infecting humans and animals.Transmission can occur through fecal-oral route, including direct as well as indirect routes. The direct mode of infection takes place by person-to-person contact or animals-handlers. The indirect route involves drinking contaminated water or eating contaminated food. Cryptosporidiosis in immunocompromised patients is characterized by debilitating, chronic, often cholera-like diarrhea associated with severeabdominal colic, loss of body weight and dehydration.The main symptom of human cryptosporidiosis in immunocompetent is diarrhea, weight loss, dehydration and abdominal pain which might be life-limiting disease. Thus, it is a public health concern in many parts in the world.Since, Cryptosporidium is acid-fast parasite, Zeihl-Neelsen stain method should be applied as a routine diagnostic tool in the laboratories in order to reduce the suffering often faced by those patients.
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