Parasitic Contamination of Commonly Consumed Fresh Leafy Vegetables in Benha, Egypt

Table 2

Distribution of parasitic contamination on fresh leafy vegetables.

Parasites	Number	% of total examined samples (530)	% of total positive samples (157)	Lettuce (101)		Watercress (116)		Parsley (102)		Green onion (103)		Leek (108)		Total
				Number of +ve	%	Number of +ve	%	Number of +ve	%	Number of +ve	%	Number of +ve	%	Number of +ve	%
Enterobius vermicularis eggs	26	4.9	16.5	3	11.5	11	42.3	7	26.9	4	15.4	1	3.9	26	100
Hymenolepis nana; eggs	15	2.8	9.5	1	6.7	7	46.7	4	26.7	3	20.0	0	0.0	15	100
Hymenolepis diminuta; eggs	11	2.1	7	4	36.3	3	27.3	2	18.2	1	9.1	1	9.1	11	100
Ascaris lumbricoides; eggs	3	0.6	1.9	2	66.7	1	33.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	100
Helminth larvae	19	3.6	12.1	6	31.5	4	21.1	2	10.5	3	15.8	4	21.1	19	100
Entamoeba spp. cyst	36	6.8	22.9	14	38.9	9	25.0	8	22.2	2	5.6	3	8.3	36	100
Giardia lamblia cyst	47	8.8	29.9	16	34.0	13	27.7	12	25.5	4	8.5	2	4.3	47	100
Total	157	29.6	100	46	45.5	48	41.3	35	34.3	17	16.5	11	10.2
FET	25.9
𝑃 value	0.36 NS