Intestinal parasites in vegetables that are marketed for consumption in the tereré in the city of Caaguazú, year 2023
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The objective of the work was to verify the conditions under which the vegetables consumed in the tereré are sold and to identify the parasites found in the vegetables in the city of Caaguazú, it is a descriptive cross-sectional study, in which we have proceeded to take 500 grams of sample from 10 sales outlets where a systematic observation of the facilities has been carried out at the time of sample collection, confirming the poor hygiene conditions in the handling of food, various types have been identified through microscopic examination parasitic species of medical interest for both humans and animals, endoparasites and ectoparasites were detected, the parasite that has been found most frequently in several plant species has been Strongyloides stercoralis
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