Study of Adenosine Deaminase(ADA)Enzyme Activity of Children Patients With Kala-azar in Ameria City/AL-Anbar Governorate

A study of the Activity Adenosine Deaminase of the infected children with kala-azar in ameria City/AL-Anbar Governorate, this study is conducted on a sample of 90 male and female children (the range of them between 3 months to 8 years) in the General Ameria hospital and healthy center in AL-Ameria (the period between November 2011 to the end of May 2012) distributed in two groups: the first group includes those who are kala-azar patients (60 subjects ) while the second one includes the control group (30 subjects) , then both groups are subdivided according to four types concerning their age: the first one is less than one year; the second ranges from 1 to 2 years; the third ranges from 3 to 4 years; the fourth includes those who are more than five years. The findings of the study show a significant increase in the activity of (ADA) in the serum of the infected children compared to control group at the probability level (p < 0.05) concerning effect of sex variable on the activity of (ADA), the study shows no significant difference between male and female infected children at the probability level (p < 0.05). As regarded age variable on the activity of (ADA), the study shows significant difference between the different types of infected children at probability level (p < 0.05). It also shows positive correlation relationship between (ADA) Enzyme and weight of the infected children at the probability level (p < 0.05 )

A Comparative Study of the Levels of Total Cholesterol and Protein between Umbilical Cord Blood and their Levels in Maternal Blood

The study involved the determination of the total cholesterol level and total protein in maternal blood during delivery (90 samples) and comparison with cord blood for new born (90 samples).The study illustrated that there is no correlation between the total cholesterol levels in maternal blood and cord blood (r = 0.185) as well as with the level of total protein ( r = 0.151). The differences are significant (P 0.01) between maternal blood and their new borns which became (6.36 ± 0.73) gm/dl and (7.35 ± 0.86) gm/dl , respectively