A Survey on the Prevalence of Vegetables Parasitic Contamination in Ilam County During March to September of 2016: A Short Report

Parasitic diseases are considered as the most prevalent problems in developing countries. Oral-fecal route way and consuming raw vegetables are one of the most important ways of contamination of gastrointestinal system with parasites. Present study aimed to explore the level of vegetables contamination with parasitic factors.
In this cross-sectional study, 200 samples were collected of vegetable stores from March to September in Ilam County and examined through precipitation method and by centrifuge in terms of parasitical contamination. In order to analyze data, software SPSS was applied.
The obtained results indicated that there was at least one parasitic contamination among 122(61%) samples out of total number. The highest parasitic contamination was attributed to Giardia cysts.
Comparing percentage of contamination of vegetable in Ilam County to the results from previous studies in different cities showed high number of contamination of consuming vegetables in this region.