PLANT-BORNE HUMAN CONTAMINATION BY FASCIOLIASIS

KEYHAN ASHRAFI Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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MARIA ADELA VALERO Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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JAFAR MASSOUD Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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ABDOLRASOUL SOBHANI Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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SHAHRAM SOLAYMANI-MOHAMMADI Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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PATRICIA CONDE Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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MESSAUD KHOUBBANE Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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MARIA DOLORES BARGUES Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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SANTIAGO MAS-COMA Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran; Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain; Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Gilan University of Medical Sciences, Gilan University Complex, Rasht, Iran

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Contamination by fasciolids takes place through ingestion of metacercariae attached to vegetables. Experimental studies were performed with plant-made foods suggesting a role in human contamination in Iran and on the usefulness of potassium permanganate as a preventive tool for killing metacercariae attached to vegetables used in salads in Egypt. In the foods assayed, although viability decreases with time, a high percentage of the metacercariae were still alive 2 and 4 weeks after preparation. Infection of laboratory animals proved that metacercariae kept their infectivity. The 5-minute tests of potassium permanganate effects showed that metacercarial viability was not affected even at the very high doses of 300, 600, and 1,200 mg/L. Careful, subsequent washing of leaves and vegetables with water is therefore needed after its application. A review on similar studies performed with metacercariae belonging to fasciolid and other trematode species affecting humans is included.

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