INTESTINAL PARASITES IN VEGETABLES COMMERCIALIZED IN MARKETS FROM FEDERAL DISTRICT, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Divanete de Farias Maciel Faculdade Anhanguera de Brasília (FAB), DF.
  • Rodrigo Gurgel Goncalves Laboratório de Parasitologia Médica e Biologia de Vetores, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília (UNB), DF.
  • Eleuza Rodrigues Machado Faculdade Anhanguera de Brasília (FAB), DF. Laboratório de Parasitologia Médica e Biologia de Vetores, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Brasília (UNB), DF.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v43i3.32216

Keywords:

Vegetables, protozoan, helminthes, enteroparasites

Abstract

Parasitic infections occur due to poor sanitary conditions and hygiene habits. Vegetables sold in open markets may pose a risk to public health because they are eaten raw by the population and eventually be contaminated with protozoan cysts, eggs and/or larvae of helminthes parasites. In order to describe the occurrence of these parasites in vegetables sold in open markets, samples of watercress (Nasturtium officinale R. Br), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and arugula (Eruca sativa Mill), ten administrative regions of the Federal District of Brazil were analyzed between February and April 2013, using the method of sedimentation. It was observed that all open markets sold vegetables contaminated by some organism (protozoans, helminthes and/or arthropods). The intestinal parasites detected were Entamoeba sp., E. coli, Strongyloides sp. Ascaris sp, Enterobius vermicularis and Ancylostomidae. It is concluded that vegetables sold in the open markets of the Federal District of Brazil may facilitate the transmission of intestinal parasites if not properly sanitized.

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Published

2014-10-09

How to Cite

MACIEL, D. de F.; GONCALVES, R. G.; MACHADO, E. R. INTESTINAL PARASITES IN VEGETABLES COMMERCIALIZED IN MARKETS FROM FEDERAL DISTRICT, BRAZIL. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 43, n. 3, p. 351–359, 2014. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v43i3.32216. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/32216. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 3 (2014)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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