Parasitological analysis of vegetables in a community garden in Teresina

Abstract

Vegetables are important for public health, as they may contain protozoan cysts, eggs and larvae of helminths, serving as an important channel for the transmission of enteroparasitosis. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the presence of enteroparasites in some vegetables grown in the community garden. Prince Geovane, in the East Zone of Teresina, Piauí. Method: Ten parts of each plant were collected and analyzed by the methods of Hoffmann and Modified Ritchie, to verify protozoan cysts, eggs and larvae of helminths. Results: In material analyzed by the Ritchie method, as parasite forms were found in 3 of them, as well as in 8 analyzed by the modified Hoffmann method. Conclusion: The result revealed weaknesses in the control of contaminating factors of vegetables, requiring corrective interventions.