CONTAMINACIÓN POR ENTEROPARASITOS EN HORTALIZAS EXPENDIDAS EN MERCADOS DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉRIDA, VENEZUELA.
To determine the presence of parasites in vegetables sold in the markets of the city of Mérida (Venezuela). The vegetables that presented the greater percentage of contamination were: radish, small onion and carrot. An analytical study was made. 120 samples of 10 types of vegetables coming from the...
| Publicado en: | MedULA Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 124 - 128 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lth&AN=90037889&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: lth uiTerm: 90037889 longDbName: MedicLatina uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 07983166 1CXR jtl: MedULA issn: 07983166 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: jul-dec2011 vid: 20 iid: 2 pid: 11325 pub: Universidad de los Andes artinfo: ui: 90037889 ppf: 124 ppct: 4 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 411KB tig: atl: CONTAMINACIÓN POR ENTEROPARASITOS EN HORTALIZAS EXPENDIDAS EN MERCADOS DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉRIDA, VENEZUELA. aug: au: García Labrador, Ligia Esperanza Navas, María Camacaro Garda, Lilian Paula Castro, Trino Alberto Hernández, Morelia Salinas, Pedro José affil: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología Clínica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, MPPS Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioanálisis, ULA, Mérida, Venezuela Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela Medicina de Familia, Ambulatorio Venezuela, MPPS Postgrado, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela su: Nutrition of vegetables Food contamination Sampling (Process) Helminthiasis Toxocara Mérida (Venezuela) sug: subj: Mérida (Venezuela) Nutrition of vegetables Food contamination Sampling (Process) Helminthiasis Toxocara keyword: helmints parasites vegetables enteroparásitos helmintos helmints parásitos parasites protozoos vegetables ab: To determine the presence of parasites in vegetables sold in the markets of the city of Mérida (Venezuela). The vegetables that presented the greater percentage of contamination were: radish, small onion and carrot. An analytical study was made. 120 samples of 10 types of vegetables coming from the three most important markets of the city of Mérida were analyzed. The selection of the samples was made randomly. At each market 4 samples of each vegetable were taken. It was observed with saline solution and lugol. Parasites were found in a 11.67% of the samples collected. Helmintos were found in a 78.58% of the samples. Conclusions: The isolated helmints found were: larvae of nematodes and Toxocara sp. The isolated protozoon found were: Blastocystis hominis, and Entamoeba sp.. The vegetables that presented the greater percentage of contamination were: radish, small onion and carrot. Para determinar la presencia de enteroparásitos en hortalizas expendidas en tres mercados de la ciudad de Mérida (Venezuela ), se realizó un estudio descriptivo, donde se analizaron en forma aleatoria 120 muestras de 10 hortalizas procedentes de los tres mercados de la ciudad de Mérida. La observación se realizó en forma directa con solución salina y lugol. Se encontraron entero parásitos en un 12% de las muestras procesadas. Los helmintos encontrados en un 79% de las muestras fueron larvas de nematodos y Toxocara sp. Entre los protozoos aislados se encontraron: Blastocystis hominis, y Entamoeba sp. Las hortalizas que presentaron el mayor porcentaje de contaminación fueron: el rábano, la cebollino y la zanahoria. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: Spanish refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of MedULA is the property of Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: MedULA holder: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de los Andes, Venezuela dt: @attributes: year: 2011 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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