Prevalence of Parasites in Fresh Vegetables from Two Regions of Thi-Qar Province, Iraq
To detect parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables and to know the extent of relationship between the prevalence of parasites on vegetables and its infection rate in the hospitals and the extent of vinegar effect (5% Acetic acid) to kill the parasites, (128) samples of six different fresh veget...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | https://microbiologyjournal.org/prevalence-of-parasites-in-fresh-vegetables-from-two-regions-of-thi-qar-province-iraq/ |
| Summary: | To detect parasitic contamination of fresh vegetables and to know the extent of relationship between
the prevalence of parasites on vegetables and its infection rate in the hospitals and the extent of
vinegar effect (5% Acetic acid) to kill the parasites, (128) samples of six different fresh vegetable types
such as Garden Cress, Leek, Radish, Lettuce, Celery and Basil. And (30) additional samples from Leek
were collected from local markets of two cities in Thi-Qar province. Sedimentation technique was
used for samples examination. Giardia lamblia with (71.1 %) was the dominant parasite of protozoa
and Ascaris lumbricoides (15.6%) was the common parasite of helminthes therefore the significant
differences were found by using the statistical analysis (T- test) in level P< 0.05. One hundred and
thirteen (113) samples were contaminated with parasites, Leek and Basil with rate (100%) were full
contamination with parasites while Lettuce (70%) was the lower. The direct relationship wasn’t found
between percentage of parasites contamination for fresh vegetables in sale markets and percentage of
intestinal parasitic infections in hospitals that near of its. There was relationship between the higher
rate of prevalence G. lamblia and E. histolytica on fresh vegetables and infection of these parasites
in the hospitals. No significant differences between rate of infection for male and rate of infection for
female by using (T- test) in level P< 0.05. There were some parasites such as Diphyllobotherium latum,
Schistosoma japonicum, Heterophyes heterophyes that are rarely or not found in Iraq were isolated
from contaminated samples and this indicates to irrigation it by water contaminated with sewage
or fertilization it with faces of foreign people that coming to work in Iraq and biodiversity upset and
occurrence of new species did not exist in Iraq at the expense of other types. There was positive effect for
vinegar (5% Acetic acid) to kill the most parasites except cysts of G. lamblia and ova of E. vermicularis. |
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| ISSN: | 0973-7510 2581-690X |