Parasite Contamination of Fresh Leafy Vegetables in Benghazi, Libya.
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https://doi.org/10.37375/sjfssu.v4i2.2893Keywords:
Vegetables, Helminths, Parasitology, parasitic diseases, contamination, , LibyaAbstract
Background: Raw vegetable consumption can be a primary pathway for the spread of food-borne parasite illnesses, despite the fact that fresh vegetables offer significant nutritional value to people. Thus. This study's goal was to investigate whether parasites are present in veggies that are frequently eaten in Benghazi city, Libya. Method of the study:- One hundred and fifteen types of vegetables. lettuce, mint, parsley, green onion, and watercress 30 pieces of each were included. The sediments experienced analysis using iodine and modified smears stained with Ziehl- Neelsen, while data SPSS version 20 statistical software was used for the analysis. Results:- It was discovered that 90% of the samples that were inspected contained parasite eggs, cysts, and larvae. With a contamination percentage of 100%, lettuce was the most contaminated vegetable, and parsley had the lowest contamination rate (80%). The parasite with the highest prevalence rate was Entamoeba histolytica/ dispar cyst (71.1%), Giardia Lamblia cyst and Hymenolepis nana eggs (13.3% each of them), Taenia. Saginata eggs (11.11%), Ascaris eggs and Entamoeba. Hartmanni cyst (6.67% each of them), but it was discovered that the Strongyloides larvae only occasionally appeared (6.67%).
Conclusion:- Benghazi City leafy vegetables had a very high parasitic rate of contamination. Therefore, eating such vegetables without thoroughly cleaning them promotes the spread of parasitic diseases, which provide a serious risk to health for those in Libya.
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