An antigen of high sensitivity and 97.5% specificity prepared from hydatid cyst fluid was used in an ELISA test for a sero-epidemiological survey in areas of Basra, Iraq. The calculated predictive values for positive and negative cases were 3.5% and 96.4% respectively.

A new record of Siganus sutor from inland artificial marine extension Shatt al-Basrah canal, south Iraq, is reported.Two specimens were collected during an ichthyologic survey on 2 November 2021. The are 127 and 129 mm in total length. This Iraqi waters represents the species’ second northernmost appearance northern Indian Ocean.

Two new nematode species, Philometra strongylurae sp. n. and Philometra tylosuri sp. n., are described from female specimens collected from needlefishes (Belonidae, Beloniformes) off the Fao coast, Basrah, Persian Gulf, in Iraq. Philometra strongylurae (gravid females with larvae) was recorded from the subcutaneous tissue, muscles of beak and gills of Strongylura leiura (type host) and S. stron...

901 2014 e n u J 6 1 Accepted 2014 e n u J 5 Received Abstract The Mycoplasma found most frequently in genital tract and play their putative roles urogenital tract of women. In this study, three species of mycoplasma represented by M. pnumoniae, M. primatum and M. pirum were isolated from urogenital tract. In this study, one hundred vaginal swabs were taken from pregnant, non pregnant an...