Background: Parasitic infections in children are an important public health issue, particularly in developing countries. Objectives: Describe some of the characteristics of the epidemiology, clinical and laboratory features of parasitic diseases. Subjective and methods: Subjective are all patients with parasitic infections who were treated in National Hospital of Pediatrics from August of 2011 to August 30th, 2013. Results: 38 children with parasitic infections being treated in National Hospital of Pediatrics. Toxocara canis infection was detected in 19 patients, Angiostrongylus cantonensis in 11 patients, Cysticercosis in 1 patient, Fasciola hepatica in 6 patients, Paragonimiasis in 2 patients, Strongylodiasis ,tn 2 patients. male: female percentage was 2.17/1. Mean age was 7.7 + or - 3.45 (years). Eosinophilic meningitis accounted for 57.9 percent. Toxocara can cause disease in many organs including 14 cases with neurological symptoms, 4 cases of extension in the liver and 1 case of pulmonary signs. AII 11 cases of Angiostrongylus cantonensis and 1 Cysticercosis cases have neurological symptoms. 4 of 6 cases of Fasciolosis had liver abcess, 5 cases had hepatomegaly, 3 cases had symptom of abdominal pain. 60.5 percent of the patients revealed leucocytosis in CBC. Most cases with eosinophilic meningitis had protein level or
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