International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science (IJAERS) [Vol-6, Issue-5, May- 2019] https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijaers.6.5.51 ISSN: 2349-6495(P) | 2456-1908(O) www.ijaers.com Page | 384 Parasitological Analysis of Vegetables in Natura Marketedat the Street Markets in a City inside of Bahia Marcos Sander Paiva Santos Medeiros 1 , Stenio Fernando Pimentel Duarte 1,2,3,4* , Stefane Cellimary Santos da Cruz 1 , Tania Cibele Paiva Santos Medeiros 1 , Gabriela Gomes Santos 1 , Anny Carolinny Tigre Almeida Chaves 5 , Julita Maria Pereira Borges 6 , Leia Alexandre Alves 1 1 Independent FacultyoftheNortheast – Bahia, Brazil. 2 Public Health Foundation of Vitória da Conquista – Bahia, Brazil. 3 Faculty of Technologies andSciences – Bahia, Brazil. 4 Faculty of Santo Agostinho – Bahia, Brasil 5 State universityofsantana fair– Bahia, Brasil 6 Univesidade estadual do sudoeste da bahia – Bahia, Brasil *Corresponding Author Abstract — The quality of human health has direct relation to the condition of food. There is great concern about the hygiene situation of foods intended for human consumption, due to the ability to transmit diseases. The general objective of this study was to evaluate the parasitological contamination of vegetables sold in street markets of Vitória da Conquista-BA. Samples of chives and arugula were analyzed, collected at the main points of commercialization of vegetables in street marketsof Vitória da Conquista, in the State of Bahia. The results showed that 100% of the arugula samples and 80% of the chive samples were contaminated by parasites. The prevalence of contamination by Entamoeba coli cysts, cysts of Endolimax nana, followed by Larvae of Strongyloidesstercoralis. The identification of these parasites hasgreat importance, since theysuggest absence of hygienic and sanitary actions and point out the vegetables analyzed as a source ofemparasitoses transmission.Vegetables are foods commonly eaten by the population. The sanitation of these organic foods, especially those ones consumed in its raw way, is a public health concern, since they, when contaminated, may contain larvae, protozoa and eggs of helminths and serve as a source of transmission of enteroparasitoses to man. Keywords— Feeding. Parasitological analysis. Vegetables. Cheers. I. INTRODUCTION The quality of human health has significative relationto adequate food condition, that rangs from nutritional values to favorable hygiene conditions. Foods contaminated by microorganisms are responsible for the transmission of diseases to humans. These are called Foodborne Diseases, which may cause problems such as intoxication, intestinal infection, gastroenteritis, amebiasis, giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, toxoplasmosis, among others (Brasil, 2010). Vegetables are natural foods widely consumed by the population and are able to be eaten, in most cases, in their raw form. However, numerous microorganisms may be transmitted by these foods, byincluding many protozoa and helminths (Luz et al., 2017; Pezzin et al., 2017). There are, on average, 107 known parasite species that may be from food source, that is, they may be present in food or water, by making possible the contamination of the individual through the ingestion of these ones (Hikal, 2017; Abougrain, 2010). Intestinal infections caused by helminths and protozoa afflict around 2 billion people all over the world, with significative recordsin Brazil. The main clinical manifestations apparent in infected people are malnutrition, diarrhea, anemia, cognitive delay and irritability (Costa et al., 2019; Ndiaya et al., 2014). The high incidence and variety of clinical manifestations of intestinal diseases caused by parasites configure as a global public health problem; intestinal parasitic diseases are transmitted by ingestion of larvae, eggs, oocysts or cysts (BRUM et al., 2013). Ezatpour (2013) ratifies that many societies, especially in