Helminthes and protozoa occurrence in raw vegetable from commercial establishments in Guarapuava County, Paraná, Brazil

Authors

  • Leandro Mortean Ono Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste
  • Dauton Luiz Zulpo Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste
  • Jaidson Peretti Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste
  • João Luis Garcia Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2005v26n4p543

Keywords:

Vegetables, Parasites, Occurrence.

Abstract

Vegetables are the most important transmission source of enteroparasites to human beings. The objective of this paper was to evaluate enteroparasites occurrence in vegetables from commercial establishments of Guarapuava County, Paraná State, Brazil. Forty two samples (44.7%) out of 94 were positive, being 15 /21 (71.4%) from smooth lettuce, 21 /55 from rough lettuce and 6 /18 (33.3%) from watercress. Smooth lettuce samples have shown a higher contamination risk than rough lettuce (OR= 4, p < 0.05) and watercress (OR = 5, p < 0.05).The major helminthes and protozoa observed were Ancylostomatidae (85.7%), Strongyloides sp. (28.5%), Giardia sp. (4.7%) and Enterobius sp. (1.5%). The Vegetable contaminations observed in the present work showed both necessity of government control to improve vegetable sanitary conditions, and the importance to adopt control methods before consumption by the population.

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Author Biographies

Leandro Mortean Ono, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Acadêmico dos Cursos de Ciências Biológicas e Farmácia da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste – UNICENTRO. Guarapuava,PR, Brasil.

Dauton Luiz Zulpo, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Acadêmicos do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste – UNICENTRO. Guarapuava, PR,Brasil.

 

Jaidson Peretti, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Acadêmicos do Curso de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste – UNICENTRO. Guarapuava, PR,Brasil.

João Luis Garcia, Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste

Professor do Departamento de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste – UNICENTRO. Guarapuava,PR, Brasil.

Published

2005-06-30

How to Cite

Ono, L. M., Zulpo, D. L., Peretti, J., & Garcia, J. L. (2005). Helminthes and protozoa occurrence in raw vegetable from commercial establishments in Guarapuava County, Paraná, Brazil. Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 26(4), 543–546. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2005v26n4p543

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