Abstract

Background: Giardia lamblia is the parasite that causes giardiasis, small intestine infection can result in severe issues and persistent symptoms, especially in children, giardiasis is a common diarrheal disease that can affect anyone everywhere in the world. It may not show any signs at all or it may result in symptoms like intermittent flatulence or persistent malabsorption, Giardia antigen test, molecular test for the presence of parasite DNA in feces, and identification of the organism in fresh stool or duodenal contents are all methods of diagnosis. Aims: Finding the prevalence of giardiasis among cities is the purpose of this review and governorates in Iraq and the review was focused on some epidemiological factors concerned with the infection such as age, sex, area of residence and diagnostic tests on it is spread. Conclusions: The present investigation reviewed Giardia lamblia infection in Iraq and serves as a crucial resource for all researchers and authors who intend to investigate this topic in greater depth in the future. Incidence of Giardia is more prevalent in children than in adults, and numerous earlier studies have demonstrated this trend.

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