Investigating the Occurrence of Soil-Transmitted Parasites Contaminating Soil, Vegetables, and Green Fodder in the East of Nile Delta, Egypt.

Background: Food-borne parasites are major sources of human and animal illness, posing severe health risks in places with contaminated soil, poor water quality, cleanliness, and poor sanitation. The usage of untreated organic fertilizers arising from the excreta of the parasites' definitive hosts either man or animal pollutes the agricultural soil and is reflected in its products of vegetables and green fodders causing serious health problems. Therefore, to the best of our knowledge, this will be the first study that investigated the combination of parasitic contamination of the agricultural soil and its products of raw eaten vegetables and green fodder in East Nile Delta, Egypt.

Pathological and ultrastructural studies on anisakis simplex rudolphi-1809 infecting Carangoides bajad with special reference to intestinal maturation in puppies.

Thirty five (70%) of 51 Carangoides bajad were naturally infected with Anisakis simplex during the period from September 2007 to January 2008. The fish were collected from eastern south coast of the Red Sea at Hurgada. The morphological and ultrastructures of Anisakis larvae and adults, and the induced lesions in the fish (intermediate host), five puppies (final host) were orally given infected fish.