Study on food contamination infected with parasites in Vietnam

ABSTRACT

Analysis samples of meat and seafood... in Hanoi markets to determine infections of larva of parasites. Results: among 144,390 beef samples and 2,237,000 pork samples, prevalences of parasite infection were 0.027% and 0.003%, respectively. The rate of liver fluke metacercaria in fresh water fish was 1.7-21.7% (mean rate 5.2%), rate of Gnathostoma infection in snakehead fish and ell was 4.8-11.4%. Furthermore, in endemic areas of lung fluke, infection rate of Paragonimus metacercaria in fresh water crabs and fish was 9.7%-98.1% (mean rate 63%).