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Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Developmental Forms of Parasites in the Area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

BACKGROUND: According to the WHO (2019), more than 1.5 billion people worldwide are infected with soil-transmitted parasites. Previous research in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H) was mainly conducted in the area of the Sarajevo Canton. Therefore, the aim of the research was to ex...

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Autores principales: Omeragić, Jasmin, Kapo, Naida, Alagić, Davor, Soldo, Darinka Klarić, Goletić, Teufik, Smajlović, Ahmed, Crnkić, Ćazim, Fejzić, Nihad, Škapur, Vedad
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Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557238
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v16i2.6280
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author Omeragić, Jasmin
Kapo, Naida
Alagić, Davor
Soldo, Darinka Klarić
Goletić, Teufik
Smajlović, Ahmed
Crnkić, Ćazim
Fejzić, Nihad
Škapur, Vedad
author_facet Omeragić, Jasmin
Kapo, Naida
Alagić, Davor
Soldo, Darinka Klarić
Goletić, Teufik
Smajlović, Ahmed
Crnkić, Ćazim
Fejzić, Nihad
Škapur, Vedad
author_sort Omeragić, Jasmin
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description BACKGROUND: According to the WHO (2019), more than 1.5 billion people worldwide are infected with soil-transmitted parasites. Previous research in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H) was mainly conducted in the area of the Sarajevo Canton. Therefore, the aim of the research was to explore contamination of soil and vegetation with developmental forms of parasites in the other cantons of FB&H. METHODS: Between Apr and Oct 2018, a total of 1,618 soil and vegetation samples were taken from 386 different locations in the 9 cantons of the FB&H. RESULTS: Positive samples were observed, 65/66 (98.48%) municipalities/cities and on 239/386 (61.92%) locations. Out of 1,618 samples taken in total (1,263 soil samples and 355 vegetation samples), 357 (22.06%) were positive, out of which 337 (26.68%) and 20 (5.63%) were soil and plant samples, respectively. In total, the following adult and developmental forms were identified: Taeniidae eggs (7.30%), Toxocara spp. eggs (62.08%), Ancylostomatidae eggs (25.00%), Trichuris spp. eggs (9.55%), Capillaria spp. eggs (3.37%), Toxascaris leonina eggs (1.40%), Nematodes larvae (19.38%), Giardia duodenalis cysts (5.06%), Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts (1.4%), oocysts and cysts of different species of Protozoa (3.93%). CONCLUSION: The identified developmental forms of parasites pose a permanent threat to human health. It is necessary to carry out measures to reduce the contamination of soil and vegetation in coordination with systematic solutions (legislation), paralelly with contribution of animal owners, veterinarians, physicians, ecologists, parents and all the others involved in this issue.
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spelling pubmed-84186462021-09-22 Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Developmental Forms of Parasites in the Area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Omeragić, Jasmin Kapo, Naida Alagić, Davor Soldo, Darinka Klarić Goletić, Teufik Smajlović, Ahmed Crnkić, Ćazim Fejzić, Nihad Škapur, Vedad Iran J Parasitol Original Article BACKGROUND: According to the WHO (2019), more than 1.5 billion people worldwide are infected with soil-transmitted parasites. Previous research in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FB&H) was mainly conducted in the area of the Sarajevo Canton. Therefore, the aim of the research was to explore contamination of soil and vegetation with developmental forms of parasites in the other cantons of FB&H. METHODS: Between Apr and Oct 2018, a total of 1,618 soil and vegetation samples were taken from 386 different locations in the 9 cantons of the FB&H. RESULTS: Positive samples were observed, 65/66 (98.48%) municipalities/cities and on 239/386 (61.92%) locations. Out of 1,618 samples taken in total (1,263 soil samples and 355 vegetation samples), 357 (22.06%) were positive, out of which 337 (26.68%) and 20 (5.63%) were soil and plant samples, respectively. In total, the following adult and developmental forms were identified: Taeniidae eggs (7.30%), Toxocara spp. eggs (62.08%), Ancylostomatidae eggs (25.00%), Trichuris spp. eggs (9.55%), Capillaria spp. eggs (3.37%), Toxascaris leonina eggs (1.40%), Nematodes larvae (19.38%), Giardia duodenalis cysts (5.06%), Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts (1.4%), oocysts and cysts of different species of Protozoa (3.93%). CONCLUSION: The identified developmental forms of parasites pose a permanent threat to human health. It is necessary to carry out measures to reduce the contamination of soil and vegetation in coordination with systematic solutions (legislation), paralelly with contribution of animal owners, veterinarians, physicians, ecologists, parents and all the others involved in this issue. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8418646/ /pubmed/34557238 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v16i2.6280 Text en Copyright © 2021 Omeragic et al. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Original Article
Omeragić, Jasmin
Kapo, Naida
Alagić, Davor
Soldo, Darinka Klarić
Goletić, Teufik
Smajlović, Ahmed
Crnkić, Ćazim
Fejzić, Nihad
Škapur, Vedad
Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Developmental Forms of Parasites in the Area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Developmental Forms of Parasites in the Area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Developmental Forms of Parasites in the Area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_fullStr Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Developmental Forms of Parasites in the Area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_full_unstemmed Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Developmental Forms of Parasites in the Area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_short Contamination of Soil and Vegetation with Developmental Forms of Parasites in the Area of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
title_sort contamination of soil and vegetation with developmental forms of parasites in the area of the federation of bosnia and herzegovina
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8418646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34557238
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijpa.v16i2.6280
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