Detection of Parasites from two Species of Biological Vectors in the City of Samawah Alasadiy Yassir Dakheel Kremsh* College of Education for Pure Sciences, AL-Muthanna University, Iraq *Corresponding author: Yassir Dakheel Kremsh Alasadiy. College of Education for Pure Sciences, AL-Muthanna University, Iraq, Email: dr.yassiralasadiy@mu.edu.iq
Online published on 2 February, 2019. Abstract The current research is the frst study on the role of cockroaches as a biological vector for a group of parasites. 150 samples of cockroaches belonging to American species (92 samples) and German species (58 samples) were collected during the period from August 2017 to April 2018, from two areas in Samawah city. The highest parasite prevalence was recorded in cockroaches collected from toilets(56.03, 34.04), and a total prevalence of (56.67, 33.33), for both species of cockroaches respectively, were followed (66.67) by kitchens and Bedrooms and sitting rooms for Periplaneta americana
and in kitchens(33.33) for Blattella germanica, while the lowest percentage in Bedrooms and sitting rooms was (16.67) for Blattella germanica, Statistical analysis showed statistically signifcant differences in the samples collected from toilets compared to samples collected from kitchens and rooms. The current study recorded four species of protozoa, Entamoeba histolytica was frst 20(21.74), 22(37.93)and second was Entamoeba coli 17(18.47), 10(17.24) and third was Eimeria spp parasite 15(16.30), 8(13.79) and Giardia lamblia parasite was ranked fourth 9(9.89), 5(8.62) and two species of worms, Enterobius vermicularis was the frst 75(81.52), 45(79.31) and Hymenolepis nana was the second 10(10.87) 5(8.62). Top Keywords Cockroaches, Insect, Pathogens, Food, Cyst, Worms, Houses. Top |