ABSTRACT
This study was conducted from October 2011 till September 2012 to detect the prevalence of anaemia and relationship with parasitic (protozoan and helminthes) infection. A total of 389 samples (feceses and blood) were examined form patients attended to primary health center in Al-Doullab Village (Babylon Province\ Iraq).Their ages range from 1-55 years . The overall percentage of anaemia was (20.9%) and the highest percentage incidences were in females 59.2% comparison with males (40.8 %). The overall percentage of parasitic infection was 60.15% distributed as 58.7 % for females and 60.9 % for males. The highest percentages were those of Entamoeba histolytica followed by Enterobius vermicularis then Giardia lamblia , then Ancylostoma deudenale, then Ascaris lumbricoides and the lowest Trichuris trichura .The percentage of anaemia is higher in infected persons compared with non infected with parasites, as infection with E.histolytica, then G.lamblia, T.trichura , A.lumbricoides ,while infection with E.vermicularis the percentage of infection is higher in non anemic individuals. Otherwise the highest percentage of infection by E.histolytica appeared in the ages group 31-40 while the lowest was in ages group 41-50 and more. As regard to infection of G.lamblia the highest infection was in age 1-10 while the lowest was in age 31-40 . E.vermicularis was dominant in age 41-50 and less in the age 1-10. The highest infection with A.duedenale was in the age 31-40 while the lowest was in age 11-20. The highest infection rate A.lumbricoides was in the age 1-10 while the lowest was in age 11-20 . The infection the highest infection rate with T.trichura was in the age 1-10 while the lowest was in age 11-20 . As regards to hemoglobin concentration and the type of parasite, the highest concentration was observed in case of infection by G.lamblia then E. histolytica, A.lumbricoides , E. vermicularis, T.trichura then the lowest was in A. duedenale. Cocerning the concentration of hemoglobin in different age group, the highest concentration was arranged in the age groups 41-50, 31-40, 1-10, 11-20, 21-30.