Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat
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Resumo: | Abstract Vegetables eating raw are a leading source of transmission of infective forms of pathogenic internal parasites among human beings. This research was conducted from April to October, 2017 to assess the parasitic contamination of vegetables sold at main vegetable markets in districts Lower Dir and Peshawar, Pakistan. Eight hundred specimens of different vegetables were purchased and soaked in physiological saline solution, shaken with a mechanical shaker for 20 minutes and processed by sedimentation concentration method. Results revealed that only 19.7% (n=158/800) of the vegetables were found to be contaminated with single or multiple parasite species. Ascaris lumbricoides (the large round worm) 12.3% (n=99/800) was the most commonly detected pathogen and Taenia saginata (the beef tapeworm) 1.62% (n=13/800) was the least frequently detected one. Interestingly, significant p value (p>0.05 at 95%CI) between the number of examined and contaminated for all the variables studied including education status of the vendors, markets location, type of vegetables, means of display, washed before display, washing source of water and market type. The findings of this study evidenced that consumption of raw vegetables possesses great risk of getting parasitic infections in Lower Dir and Peshawar districts, Pakistan. Instructing the sellers and the public about parasitic disease transfer and their hygiene can reduce the infection rate of parasites of human origin. |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threatvegetables contaminationintestinal parasitespublic health importancesoil-transmitted helminthesraw vegetablesAbstract Vegetables eating raw are a leading source of transmission of infective forms of pathogenic internal parasites among human beings. This research was conducted from April to October, 2017 to assess the parasitic contamination of vegetables sold at main vegetable markets in districts Lower Dir and Peshawar, Pakistan. Eight hundred specimens of different vegetables were purchased and soaked in physiological saline solution, shaken with a mechanical shaker for 20 minutes and processed by sedimentation concentration method. Results revealed that only 19.7% (n=158/800) of the vegetables were found to be contaminated with single or multiple parasite species. Ascaris lumbricoides (the large round worm) 12.3% (n=99/800) was the most commonly detected pathogen and Taenia saginata (the beef tapeworm) 1.62% (n=13/800) was the least frequently detected one. Interestingly, significant p value (p>0.05 at 95%CI) between the number of examined and contaminated for all the variables studied including education status of the vendors, markets location, type of vegetables, means of display, washed before display, washing source of water and market type. The findings of this study evidenced that consumption of raw vegetables possesses great risk of getting parasitic infections in Lower Dir and Peshawar districts, Pakistan. Instructing the sellers and the public about parasitic disease transfer and their hygiene can reduce the infection rate of parasites of human origin.Instituto Internacional de Ecologia2022-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842022000100265Brazilian Journal of Biology v.82 2022reponame:Brazilian Journal of Biologyinstname:Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)instacron:IIE10.1590/1519-6984.242614info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessKhan,W.Rafiq,N.Nawaz,M. A.Kabir,M.Farooqi,Z. Ur R.Romman,M.Parvez,R.Alfarraj,S.Noor,A.Ujjan,A. A.eng2021-11-18T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1519-69842022000100265Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjb/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbjb@bjb.com.br||bjb@bjb.com.br1678-43751519-6984opendoar:2021-11-18T00:00Brazilian Journal of Biology - Instituto Internacional de Ecologia (IIE)false |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat Khan,W. vegetables contamination intestinal parasites public health importance soil-transmitted helminthes raw vegetables |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat |
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Parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables sold in open markets: a public health threat |
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Khan,W. |
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Khan,W. Rafiq,N. Nawaz,M. A. Kabir,M. Farooqi,Z. Ur R. Romman,M. Parvez,R. Alfarraj,S. Noor,A. Ujjan,A. A. |
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Rafiq,N. Nawaz,M. A. Kabir,M. Farooqi,Z. Ur R. Romman,M. Parvez,R. Alfarraj,S. Noor,A. Ujjan,A. A. |
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Khan,W. Rafiq,N. Nawaz,M. A. Kabir,M. Farooqi,Z. Ur R. Romman,M. Parvez,R. Alfarraj,S. Noor,A. Ujjan,A. A. |
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vegetables contamination intestinal parasites public health importance soil-transmitted helminthes raw vegetables |
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vegetables contamination intestinal parasites public health importance soil-transmitted helminthes raw vegetables |
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Abstract Vegetables eating raw are a leading source of transmission of infective forms of pathogenic internal parasites among human beings. This research was conducted from April to October, 2017 to assess the parasitic contamination of vegetables sold at main vegetable markets in districts Lower Dir and Peshawar, Pakistan. Eight hundred specimens of different vegetables were purchased and soaked in physiological saline solution, shaken with a mechanical shaker for 20 minutes and processed by sedimentation concentration method. Results revealed that only 19.7% (n=158/800) of the vegetables were found to be contaminated with single or multiple parasite species. Ascaris lumbricoides (the large round worm) 12.3% (n=99/800) was the most commonly detected pathogen and Taenia saginata (the beef tapeworm) 1.62% (n=13/800) was the least frequently detected one. Interestingly, significant p value (p>0.05 at 95%CI) between the number of examined and contaminated for all the variables studied including education status of the vendors, markets location, type of vegetables, means of display, washed before display, washing source of water and market type. The findings of this study evidenced that consumption of raw vegetables possesses great risk of getting parasitic infections in Lower Dir and Peshawar districts, Pakistan. Instructing the sellers and the public about parasitic disease transfer and their hygiene can reduce the infection rate of parasites of human origin. |
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