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OCORRÊNCIA DE PARASITOS EM ALFACE-CRESPA (Lactuca sativa L.) EM HORTAS COMUNITÁRIAS DE TERESINA, PIAUÍ, BRASIL

2015; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS; Volume: 44; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5216/rpt.v44i1.34802

ISSN

1980-8178

Autores

Debora Ribeiro De Mesquita, Jailson Pereira Da Silva, Nayra Denise Pessoa do Monte, Raimundo Leoberto Torres de Sousa, Renata Vieira de Sousa Silva, Stanley Sudário Oliveira, Anangela Ravena da Silva Leal, Simone Mousinho Freire,

Tópico(s)

Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability

Resumo

Parasitic diseases are identified as a frequent public health problem in Brazil. Vegetables may pose arisk to public health because they are consumed mostly raw and may be contaminated with intestinalparasites. In order to verify the presence of these organisms in curly lettuce sold in communitygardens, 120 samples of curly lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) were analyzed in three different districts of the municipality of Teresina -PI in the period between September and November 2013, using thespontaneous sedimentation techniques (Hoffman) and flotation in sucrose solution (Willis) modified.It was observed that 34.1% (41/120) of samples showed some kind of parasitic structure (protozoaand/or helminths). The parasites detected were Strongyloides sp., Ancylostoma sp., and Balantidiumsp., Ascaris sp., and Eiimeria sp. It is concluded that the vegetables sold in the community gardensof Teresina, may facilitate the transmission of intestinal parasites if not properly sanitized.

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