143 stool samples were examined, they were taken from people
living in Alqalamoun region, in Syria.
The aim of this study was to determine the species of enteric
parasites and their prevalence. The percentage of the prevalence of intestinal parasi
te infections in the stool samples was 17.48 %. The species of enteric parasite according to their prevalence were: Entamoeba coli (6.29%), Giardia lamblia (4.89%), Entamoeba histolytica(2.09%), Taenia saginata and Ascaris lumbricoides(1.39%), Enterobius vermicularis and Iodamoeba buetschlii (0.69%), Whereas the percentage of the prevalence of Blastocystis hominis was (6.29%),and Candida sp. Was (7.69%).
