INTESTINAL PARASITES IN CURLY AND SMOOTH LETTUCE (Lactuca sativa, L.) COMMERCIALIZED IN FREE MARKETS FROM NITERÓI-RJ
Two hundred and ten samples of lettuce, sold in eight free markets from Niterói-RJ, were analyzed for intestinal parasite contamination. Contamination by evolutive forms of parasites was detected in 12/210 (5.7%) of the samples, being 4.8% in thecurly variety and 6.7% in smooth samples. Nematode egg...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de patologia tropical (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/31127 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/31127 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Curly lettuce smooth lettuce parasites contamination. Alface crespa alface lisa parasito contaminação |
| Sumario: | Two hundred and ten samples of lettuce, sold in eight free markets from Niterói-RJ, were analyzed for intestinal parasite contamination. Contamination by evolutive forms of parasites was detected in 12/210 (5.7%) of the samples, being 4.8% in thecurly variety and 6.7% in smooth samples. Nematode eggs of the superfamily Rhabditoidea and free living larvae of nematodes were found in 42.9% of curly samples and 38.1% of smooth ones. Adult arthropods and nematodes were found in 41.9% (88/210) of samples, 53.3% of curly samples and 30.5% of smooth samples. There was no statistically significant difference between the varieties of lettuce relative to the presence of contaminants. The presence of contaminants of biological origin indicates poor hygienic quality of lettuce sold in free markets of Niterói-RJ, representing a risk for infection by intestinal parasites, if consumed without proper washing, in both varieties. |
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