The morphological structure of strawberries acts as a good transmission vehicle parasitic to the fruit, and, due to its structure, it complicates the sanitization effectiveness. This study aims to verify the occurrence of enteroparasites in strawberries commercialized in street markets and supermarkets, in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia - Brazil. The strawberry lots were analyzed in isolation by site, with each lot containing 23 fruit units totaling 522 samples. The samples were analyzed by spontaneous sedimentation method. It was noted that 92.5% of the samples were contaminated by enteroparasites, such as: hookworms eggs, Entamoeba coli cysts, Strongyloids larvae, Yeast hypha, Giardia cysts, Endolimax nana cysts, mite ectoparasites, Fasciola hepatica eggs and Ascaris lumbricoides eggs. It was concluded that the strawberries commercialized in the street markets and supermarkets in Vitória da Conquista (BA), has a major role in the dissemination of enteroparasitic diseases when not properly cleaned and sanitized before its consumption.
