Preliminary investigations of parasite contamination of water sources in Armenia.

The intestinal protozoan parasites, and , are known to have a global distribution, infecting and causing disease in a range of hosts, including people, livestock, pets, and wildlife. However, data from some regions is very sparse. In Armenia, in the Caucasus region of West Asia, only scanty data are available, with just a few surveys on infections in livestock, and no available data on human infections or environmental contamination.