Table 2. Distribution of intestinal parasites in relation to the type of fresh vegetables collected from various farms and markets in the UAE.
| Parasites | Fresh vegetables | Total no of each parasites (%) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chard | Watercress | Lettuce | Spring onion | Tomato | Radish | Broccoli | Parsley | Mint | Carrot | Cucumber | ||
| Entamoeba coli cyst | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 (18.2) |
| Entamoeba complex cyst | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 (30.3) |
| Giardia lamblia cyst | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.0) |
| Endolimax nana cyst | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6.1) |
| Ascaris lumbricoides ova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (9.1) |
| Trichuris trichiura ova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (12.1) |
| Hymenolepis nana ova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.0) |
| Enterobius vermicularis ova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6.1) |
| Strongyloides stercoralis rhabditiform larvae | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (12.1) |
| Total number of parasites in vegetable | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 33 (100) |