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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Parasitic Contamination of Fresh Leafy Green Vegetables Sold in Northern Lebanon.

Dima El Safadi, Marwan Osman, Angel Hanna, Iman Hajar, Issmat I Kassem, Sara Khalife, Fouad Dabboussi, Monzer Hamze

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Dima El SafadiDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L7 8XZ, UK.
Marwan OsmanCornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6235-2760
Angel HannaLaboratoire Microbiology, Santé et Environnement, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
Iman HajarLaboratoire Microbiology, Santé et Environnement, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
Issmat I KassemCenter for Food Safety, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2978-9573
Sara KhalifeDepartment of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
Fouad DabboussiLaboratoire Microbiology, Santé et Environnement, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
Monzer HamzeLaboratoire Microbiology, Santé et Environnement, Doctoral School of Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.ORCID 0000-0001-7466-5118
Lebanese University · LBAtkins (United States) · USBeirut Arab University · LBUniversity of Georgia · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Contaminated, raw or undercooked vegetables can transmit parasitic infections. Here, we investigated parasitic contamination of leafy green vegetables sold in local markets in the Tripoli district, Lebanon, during two consecutive autumn seasons (2020-2021). The study involved the microscopic examination of 300 samples of five different types of vegetables (60 samples per type) and used standardized qualitative parasitological techniques for some protozoa and helminths. The results showed that 16.7% (95% interval for p: 12.6%, 21.4%) (50/300) of the vegetable samples were contaminated with at least one parasite. The most frequently detected parasite was

Indexed as

Ascaris spp.Blastocystis spp.food safetyfresh produceleafy green vegetablesLebanonparasitespublic healthrisk factors

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PMID37623974
PMCPMC10459145
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