Abstract

The parasite is one of the most important parasites spread in the world and the most important symptom caused by watery diarrhea in addition to severe abdominal pain in critical cases or not treated, and also for people who suffer from an imbalance in the immune system, this parasite is taken by contaminating water or food with the oocysts of this parasite, and the appearance of symptoms varies from person to person according to the amount of the parasite taken and the immune system and the health of the host mainly and this parasite is considered a parasite that infects humans and animals, we studied this study from a group of several studies conducted in Iraq and neighboring countries to find out the prevalence of this parasite cryptosporidiosis.