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

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Some of the detected parasitic stages contaminating raw leafy vegetables: (a) Enterobius vermicularis eggs (40X), (b) Ascaris lumbricoides eggs (40X), (c) Hymenolepis diminuta eggs (40X), (d) Hymenolepis nana eggs (40X), (e) Entamoeba coli cyst (100X), and (f) Giardia lamblia cyst (100X).

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