Infection Rate of Trichomoniasis among Women in AL Hilla City

Trichomoniasisis a very common parasitic disease transmitted sexually in the world.The infection caused by unicellular,flagellated parasite Trichomonas vaginalis. The present study was conducted from January to April 2019 to investigate the infective rate of trichomoniasis in women attending family planning unit in maternity and children hospital in Al-Hilla city . A total of 255 women of different ages (>20-50)yr. were enrolled in this study. All of them were screened for trichomoniasis by wet mount preparation. A consent was taken from all participant which included(age, area of residence, marital status,pregnancy status, use of contraceptive in addition to the symptoms. Out of 255 women, 67 (26.27%) revealed positive results for trichomoniasis. According to age groups the results showed the highest rate of infection (39.6%) in (21-30) yr. age group. The infection rate was high among women lived in rural areas was reach(67.45%) than women lived in urban areas was reach (32.54%). Non- Pregnant women showed higher infective rate of trichomoniasis than pregnant women (65.86% and 43.13%), respectively. The infection rate in married women was(62.74%) and unmarried women was (37.25%) .The present study showed high rate of trichomoniasis (67.84%) in women that use contraceptive, while the lower rate of infection with trichomoniasis (32.54%) in women that non-using contraceptive. The present study showed there were significantlly differences (p<0.05)correlation between trichomoniasis in women with (age,residency, marital status, pregnancy status and using or nonusing of contraceptive).