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The most frequent parasite species found in the examined soil samples were<jats:italic>Toxocara<\/jats:italic>spp. (16.4%), followed by<jats:italic>Giardia<\/jats:italic>sp. (4.5%) and<jats:italic>Strongyloides<\/jats:italic>sp. larvae (3%). The zoonotic parasites found in the 79 faecal samples were<jats:italic>Giardia<\/jats:italic>sp. (17.7%),<jats:italic>Cryptosporidium<\/jats:italic>sp. (9%),<jats:italic>E. histolytica<\/jats:italic>(2.5%),<jats:italic>Trichuris vulpis<\/jats:italic>(1.3%),<jats:italic>Toxascaris leonina<\/jats:italic>(1.3%) and microsporidia spores (28%). Microsporidia characterization by amplification of DNA confirmed 10 samples as positive, eight for<jats:italic>E. bieneusi<\/jats:italic>and two for<jats:italic>E. hellem<\/jats:italic>by PCR. 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