Table 3.

Frequency of intestinal parasites from individuals referred to the medicallaboratories, in Ahvaz, Khuzestan province, Southwest Iran (2014-2015)

Parasite	NO.	%
Blastocystissp.	146	23.78
Endolimax nana	34	5.5
Entamoeba coli	32	5.17
Giardia lambelia	26	4.2
Chilomastix mesnelii	3	0.48
Cryptosporidium.spp.	2	0.32
E.histolytica/E.dispar	2	0.32
Dientamoeba fragilis	1	0.16
Total protozoa	246	39.80
Hymenolepis nana	2	0.32
Oxyur	1	0.16
Total parasites	249*	40.29*

^* Co-infections with two or three parasites were found in 32 (5.17%) of the positive samples