Abstract
A cross-sectional study was conducted by examining the stool samples of 63 patients (35 females and 28 males) from 184 patients, from those who had been admitted to a private laboratory in AL-Nahrwan district /Baghdad between ( 5/2020 -8/2020 ). only 63 (34.2%) had been detected as a positive cases, just two cases of 63 had two kinds of infection, the 63 positive cases distributed as 42 (66.6%) by GSE, rapid test 9 (14.2%), agreement between the two tests in 7 samples (11%) and disagreement in 5 (7.9% of patients.). Most infections located at age less than 10 years in both sexes, since19 (67.8%) for males and 20 (57%) for females, then declined for the other ages, the GSE detected high positive cases (42/63, 66.6%), rapid test 9/63 (14.2%), while the agreement and disagreement between the two tests were 7/63 (11.1%) and 5/63 (7.9%) respectively for all ages and both sexes. the highest protozoan infection was for Entamoeba (30/58 , 51.7%) , for Giardia and Cryptosporidium were (25/58 , 43%) ,(2/58, 3.4%) respectively either detected GSE or by rapid test .The sensitivity and specificity of GSE ( 72.4%,27.5%), rapid test (15.5%,84.4%), and the agreement between the two tests (12%, 87.9%).
