TY - JOUR T1 - Prevention of human fascioliasis: a study on the role of acids detergents and potassium permenganate in clearing salads from metacercariae. AU - el-Sayad,M H, AU - Allam,A F, AU - Osman,M M, PY - 1997/4/1/pubmed PY - 1997/4/1/medline PY - 1997/4/1/entrez SP - 163 EP - 9 JF - Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology JO - J Egypt Soc Parasitol VL - 27 IS - 1 N2 - Prevention of human fascioliasis could depend on clearing of the leafy salads from the metacercariae. The present work evaluated the role of some chemicals in detaching and killing this infective stage. It was observed that washing in running water for 10 minutes detached only 50% of the metacercariae. Citric acid in the concentration of (10 ml/L) commercial vinegar (120 ml/L), liquid soap (12 ml/L) and KMnO4 (24 mg/L) detached all metacercariae after 10 minutes exposure. The use of vinegar and KMnO4 is recommended: the first is lethal to other parasites in the vegetables, the second destroyed the metacercariae. Vegetable leaves were not softened and remained fresh. SN - 1110-0583 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/9097538/Prevention_of_human_fascioliasis:_a_study_on_the_role_of_acids_detergents_and_potassium_permenganate_in_clearing_salads_from_metacercariae_ L2 - http://www.diseaseinfosearch.org/result/2791 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -