Prevalência de enteroparasitos em alface (Lactuca sativa) comercializadas no municipio de Americano do Brasil, Goiás, Brasil

Abstract

The increasing consumption of raw vegetables for their nutritional value has enlarged increasingly causing enteroparasites contamination also grow to be an important means of transmission eggs, cysts, larvae and oocysts. This research aimed to detect the presence of parasitic structures present in vegetables which are marketed in the city of Americano do Brasil, Goiás. 21 samples of lettuce were analyzed the smooth, curly and three American varieties cultivated gardens in the city. For the analyzes of the samples were used Hoffman and Fausttechniques. It was observed that 76.16% (n = 16) of greenery analyzed are both contaminated and varieties of lettuce, in the presence of various parasitic structures, as cysts of Entamoeba coli (28.57%), Giardia lamblia (14.2%), Entamoeba histolytica (9.52%), Endolimax nana (14.2%), and Ascaris lumbricoidis (14.2%), Balantidium coli (19.04%), and Enterobius vermicularis (9.52%). We conclude that the lettuce (Lactuca sativa). market in the municipality, has an important role in the transmission and infection of intestinal parasites, with the need for measures specific that they can avoid the contamination of vegetables..specific that they can avoid the contamination of vegetables.