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KMID : 1023520130360030223
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Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
2013 Volume.36 No. 3 p.223 ~ p.226
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Incidence of ascarid eggs in sands of educational facilities and public playground in Seoul
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Kwak Jeong-Yeon
Seol Chae-Hyeon
Seo Hyeong-Su
Kim Gyu-Hyeon
Kim Neung-Hee
Chae Hee-Sun
Son Hong-Rak
Kang Yong-Il
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Abstract
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To evaluate the potential risk associated with zoonotic ascarid eggs in educational facilities and public playground in Seoul city, the sand samples collected from April to December in 2011 were examined with a fecal flotation method. Of 5,066 sand samples from 1,367 playgrounds tested, 12 sands from 12 places (0.88%) had ascarid eggs. Sand samples in educational facilities were more contaminated (10/870, 1.15%) with the parasite eggs than those of public playground area (2/497, 0.4%). Fisher`s exact tests were used to make pairwise comparisons between which locations were more or less similar with regard to levels of contamination. We didn`t find significantly different from one another. Most ascarid eggs detected were found in the Spring. Through this study, we hope to raise awareness of contamination of playgrounds by potentially infectious ascarid ova.
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KEYWORD
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Incidence, Ascarid eggs, Educational facilities, Public playgrounds
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