Contamination of commonly consumed vegetables with parasitic protozoan and helminth eggs from selected local markets in Metro Manila, Philippines

• Main Author: Dulatre, Megan Margery A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Food consumption > Philippines (Metro Manila); Food contamination > Philippines (Metro Manila); Vegetables > Philippines (Metro Manila); Tropical vegetables > Philippines (Metro Manila); Tropical crops > Philippines (Metro Manila); Parasit > Food > Philippines (Metro Manila); Agriculture
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/3017
• Institution: De La Salle University

Fresh vegetables are important part of a healthy diet. The consumption of vegetables can serve as vehicles for transmitting enteric parasitic organisms which leads to food-borne diseases. This study isolated, identified, and characterized parasitic eggs based on morphological characteristics, and co...