విసామ్ మహదీ అల్-సయీద్, హుస్సేన్ మహమూద్ అబ్దుల్లా
This study was conducted in Erbil city to investigate the incidence of Isospora belli infection among leukemic children, by laboratory examination of stool samples obtained from 26 children suffering from leukemia using different methods like N. saline, Iodine fecal smears, Sheathers flotation and modified Ziel-Neelson techniques. Isospora belli was detected in only one out of 26 (3.8%) ill children. To investigate the rate of infection with Isospora belli in children suffering from diarrhea especially the immunocompromised and leukemic group.