PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES INFECTION IN SOME AREAS OF AL-QUIM / AL-ANBAR GOVERNORATE

Samples of 896 patients visited Al –Q uim general hospital and also , four different random of soil samples were taken from outside and inside doors to examine the presence of gastric parasites during the year . Results showed a total percent of % 53.2 and 9 species of intestinal parasites were specified in accordance with their percentages ; they are as follows :- Entamoeba histolytica %26.4 , Giardia lamblia %9.5 , Chilomastix mesnili %6.5 , Enterobius vermicularis %3.7 , Endolimax nana %2.3 , Ascaris lumbricoides %1.6 , Hymenolepis nana %1.2 , Balantidium coli %0.8 , Trichuris trichiura %0.6 . However , the total percent of in festation was 46.4% and 23.2% for the outside and inside doors respectively . parasites specified with their percentages in the soil samples were classified as follows respectively :- Ascaris lumbricoides ( % 37.5 , % 44.6 ) , Enterobius vermicularis ( % 31.2 , % 33.8 ) , Hymenolepis nana ( % 14.5 , % 12.3 ) , Trichuris trichiura ( % 16.6 , % 9.2 ) .