Investigation of Infectious Stages of Intestinal Parasites and Fungal Spores which Contaminated Nails of Some Students in Tikrit University, Iraq Zangana Ashraf J. Mahmoud1,*, Huseen Ruaa H. Latef Dunia A.1 1Department of Biology, College of Education for Women, University of Tikrit, Iraq *Corresponding Author: Ashraf J. Mahmoud Zangana, Department of Biology, College of Education for Women, University of Tikrit, Iraq, dr.ashraf2004@ahoo.com
Online published on 23 December, 2019. Abstract The study included collection of nail swabs in 119 subjects; three slides from each person selected randomly to determine the infectious stages of intestinal parasites and fungal spores that polluted it. The samples were stained with lougliodine and collected samples from some students of Tikrit University/Salah ad Din governorate from October 2018 until the end of January 2019. The results showed; the number of positive cases was 44with 36.974%. Three intestinal parasitic stages were recorded, Entamoebahistolytica, Giardia lambelia, Toxocaracanis and two fungus, Microsporumcanis and Microsporumnanum. Where the infection rate of E.histolytica where proportion of 59.09%, and the least cysts of parasite G. lambelia 11.36%. The fungal spores recorded a higher ratio with M. caniswith 15.90% percentage and the lowest of M. nanum with 9.09%. Interference overlaps with single, double and triple contamination was recorded in parasitic and fungal contaminated nails. The results showed that the highest percentage of nail pollution of students nails of College of Education for Women, where it reached 40.74%, followed by percentage of pollution of students of Faculty of Management and Economics college and college of Agriculture and the College of Law will continue 38.09%, 35.29%, 33.33% respectively and the lowest was 27.77% of students of Education for pure sciences. The percentage ofa pollutant in female fingernails is higher than that of male fingernails where it reaches 39.72%, 32.60% respectively. Top Keywords Infectious stages of intestinal parasites, fungal spores, nail pollution. Top |