~ 1013 ~ Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2017; 5(2): 1013-1016 E-ISSN: 2320-7078 P-ISSN: 2349-6800 JEZS 2017; 5(2): 1013-1016 © 2017 JEZS Received: 11-01-2017 Accepted: 12-02-2017 Abdul Haseeb Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, KPK, Pakistan Hameed Ur Rehman Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology, KPK, Pakistan Muhammad Zakir Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology, KPK, Pakistan Nasir Iqbal Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology, KPK, Pakistan Ikram Ullah Department of Biotechnology, Kohat University of Science and Technology, KPK, Pakistan Faisal Rasheed Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science and Technology, KPK, Pakistan Jalal Ud Din Department of Microbiology, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan Rasool Bayan Department of Microbiology, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan Khalid Usman Department of Zoology, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan Kausar Saeed Department of Zoology Buner Campus Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan Correspondence Kausar Saeed Department of Zoology, Buner Campus Abdul Wali Khan University KPK, Pakistan Comparative study of different types of parasites present in Water sources of district D.I. Khan Abdul Haseeb, Hameed Ur Rehman, Muhammad Zakir, Nasir Iqbal, Ikram Ullah, Faisal Rasheed, Jalal Ud Din, Rasool Bayan, Khalid Usman and Kausar Saeed Abstract A total of 200 water samples were collected from different sources such as, tape water, pond water and drain water located at Madina colony, Diyalroad, D.I Khan City, Islamia colony and Zaffarabad during the period July to September 2016. The prevalence (%) of Giardia, Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma gondii, Balantidium coli, Fasciola hepatica and Entamoeba histolytica in each category of water samples were determined. An overall prevalence of Giardia in water samples was 18.5% (30/200) and similarly, Cryptosporidium 19.5% (14/200), Toxoplasma gondii 2.8% (3/200), Fasciola hepatica 4.8% (4/200), Balantidium coli 5.78% (9/200) and Entamoeba histolytica 18.8% (32/200) were determined. Keywords: Prevalence, parasites, tap water, pond water, drain water 1. Introduction Water is considered as one of the nutrients, although it yields no calories, yet it enters into the structural composition of the cell and is an essential component of diet [1] . According to the WHO more than 80 percent of human disease is waterborne. In developing countries 60 percent population has no access to pure drinking water [2] . Waterborne diseases occur worldwide, which have the potential to cause disease in large numbers of consumers. Waterborne outbreaks have economic consequences beyond the cost of health care for affected patients, waterborne parasites are ubiquitous protozoan parasites that affect humans, domestic animals and wildlife throughout the world. From a water perspective, several protozoan parasites are important, but till now mostly Giardia and Cryptosporidium have been highlighted as significant waterborne parasites. For many years WHO took under consideration the intestinal protozoa, Giardiasis and Cryptosporidiosis are already included into the “Neglected Diseases Initiative” [3] . At least 325 water born outbreaks of parasitic protozoan diseases have been reported worldwide. Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum account for the majority of the outbreaks, since Entamoeba histolytica, Cyclospora cayetanensis, Toxoplasma gondii, Isospora belli, Blastocystis hominis, Balantidium coli, Microsporidia, Acanthamoeba and Naegleria fowleri were responsible for only a small part of the reported outbreak [4] . Protozoan infections are common in humans, worldwide. In industrialized countries, the most common human parasites, protozoa transmitted by water belong to the genera Giardia and Cryptosporidium [5] . The aim of the current research work was to conduct a comparative study of different types of parasites present in water District D. I Khan 2. Materials and Methods 2.1 Study Area The study was conducted to detect the Zoonotic parasites in different water sources of different areas such as, Madina colony, D.I Khan City, Diyal road, Zaffarabad, and Islamia colony of District D.I khan during the period July to September 2016. 2.2 Sample collection A total of 200 water samples were collected from different sources like tap water, pond water and drain water in clean bottles. Then samples were labeled with the date of collection, source of water, and area of collection. Then all samples were brought to the Laboratory of the Department of Zoology Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan for further processing.