Table 11: Distribution of intestinal protozoa and common helminths in Iraq.

Reference

E. histolytica

G. lamblia

B. hominis

A. lumbricoides

E. vermicularis

 

Salman, et al. [28]

27

11

7.6

-

0.3

 

Bazzaz, et al. [14]

12.8

3.9

-

-

-

 

Al-Taei [16]

88

10.8

-

-

0.03

 

Yilmaz & Abdullah [21]

24.45

7.6

-

-

-

 

Rhadi, et al. [23]

15.3

5.94

7.01

16.27 Crypto

3.21

 

Al-Kubaisy, et al. [24]

23.44

-

-

2.2

12.7

 

Hussein and Meerkhan [25]

38.7

25.67

4.6

9.2 Crypto

18.01

 

Salman, et al. [41]

1.67

9.35

4.17

1.43 Crypto

-

 

Al-Khikaniet al. [26]

17.91

4.09

-

-

-

 

Kanabe and Darogha [17]

0.18

9.72

9.72

18.94 Crypto

-

 

Al-Daoody, et al. [47]

0.12

0.34

-

-

-

 

Al-Shirifi and Abdullah [44]

3.69

12.31

-

1.85

3.38

 

Al-Nawmy, et al. [45]

28.2

37

-

3.8

15.3

 

Al-Bazzaz, et al. [14]

12.8

3.9

-

-

-

 

Al-Taei [16]

12.14

4.9

-

0.37

0.38

 

Farhan [15]

61.6

14.9

-

6.7

9.8

 

Hussein, et al. [35]

24.3

31

-

9.7

-

 

Mero and Hussein [46]

10.15

11.92

0.08

-

0.35

 

Al-Morshidy [37]

27.9

13.9

-

2.8

2.4

 

Al-Hamairy, et al. [36]

36.7

26.1

-

1.3

32.9

 

Jarallah [13]

23.87

30.93

-

2.58

47.46

 
 

Mahdi & Ali [39]

7.5

28

36

5.0 Crypto

2.5

 

Crypto = Cryptosporidium species.