PREVALENCE OF HUMAN INTESTINAL PARASITES IN SELECTED VEGETABLES IN SULAIMANI CITY

Autor:	Hersh Ahmad Ameen, Shahnaz Abdulkader Ali
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Veterinary medicine Oesophagostomum biology Rhabditiform larvae business.industry Significant difference Entamoeba coli biology.organism_classification Entamoeba histolytica Ancylostoma parasitic diseases Medicine Taenia Ascaris lumbricoides business
Zdroj:	Journal of Sulaimani Medical College. 3:75-79
ISSN:	2304-7224 2223-148X
DOI:	10.17656/jsmc.10034
Popis:	Out of 239 samples, 119(49.79%) were positive for parasitic stages, the highest percentage of contamination was detected in leek (64.17%) followed by celery (51.61%), cress (48.1%), lettuce 11(33.33%), and Green onion (32%). The results show that vegetables were positive for different species of parasites; the most prevalent were the cysts of Entamoeba histolytica (14.66%), Rhabditiform larvae (12.44%), ova of Ascaris lumbricoides (12%), Entamoeba coli (12%), Taenia spp. (10%), while the lowest prevalent were ova of Ancylostoma spp. (0.88%), Oesophagostomum spp. (0.88%), and Protostrongylus spp. (0.44%). There was significant difference between prevalence of parasitic organisms among the vegetables.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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