The contamination of various fruit and vegetable with Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris eggs, Entamoeba histolyca cysts and Giardia cysts

Food Control

Volumn 16, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 559-562

  Erdoǧrul, Özlem ^a   Şener, Hakan ^a  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ascaris eggs; Contamination; Entamoeba histolyca cysts; Enterobius vermicularis; Fruit; Giardia cysts; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRESS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTUCE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARSLEY; SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPINACH; STRAWBERRY; VEGETABLE; WATER SAMPLING;

ASCARIS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; GIARDIA; LACTUCA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 13344270280     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2004.06.016     Document Type: Article

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