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This analysis aimed to determine the proportion and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection (IPI) in children up to 14 years old with diarrheal disease, in the southern, central and northern regions of Mozambique. A single diarrheal sample of 1424 children was collected in hospitals and examined using the formol-ether concentration and modified Ziehl\u2013Neelsen techniques to identify intestinal parasites using optical microscopy. Sociodemographic characteristics were obtained by questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and cross-tabulation were performed, and p-values &lt;0.05 were considered statistically significant. A single IPI was detected in 19.2% (273\/1424) of the children. Cryptosporidium spp. was the most common parasite (8.1%; 115\/1424). Polyparasitism was seen in 26.0% (71\/273), with the co-infection of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura (26.8%; 19\/71) being the most common. Age and province were related to IPI (p-value &lt; 0.05). The highest occurrence of IPI was observed in the wet period (October to March), with 21.9% (140\/640), compared to the dry period (April to September), with 16.9% (131\/776) (p-value = 0.017). 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