Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue: 3

Evaluation of the efficiency of wastewater treatment plant in removal of parasitic eggs in Kashan University of medical sciences

  • Author:
  • Maryam Taezimi, Sima Rasti1, Behrooz Jannat2, Mohammad Bagher Miranzadeh, Seyedmahdi Takhtfiroozeh, Ashraf Mazaheri Tehrani3
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 437 to 444

1Department of Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

2Halal Research Center of IRI, FDA, Tehran, Iran; E-mail: head.center@halal.ac.ir

3Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran

Environment Health, Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Center and Department of Environment Health, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

*Corresponding author's E-mail: miranzadehm@ymail.com

Online published on 26 October, 2018.

Abstract

The results showed that the monthly average of Ascaris lumbricoides eggs, Enterobius vermicularis, freeliving nematodes and Dicrocoelium dendriticum in the effluent of wastewater treatment plant, were 9.86, 2.64, 2.89 and 8.47 eggs per liter, respectively. The average number of parasitic eggs in the effluent of wastewater treatment plant was less than one. As a result, the efficiency of the treatment plant in their removal was 95.61, 100, 97.25, and 95.70%, respectively and can easily meet the standards for reuse in agricultural irrigation (Angleburg Index: Nematode Egg: ≥1 in liters).

Keywords

Helminth eggs, reuse, microbial contamination, wastewater treatment