Contamination of Children`s Playground Sandpits with Toxocara eggs in İstanbul, Turkey

Authors : Müfit TOPARLAK, Ayşen GARGILI, Erkut TÜZER, Vedat KELEŞ, Meltem ULUTAŞ ESATGİL, Handan ÇETİNKAYA

Pages : 317-320

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study conducted in İstanbul, the contamination of sandpits in children`s playgrounds with Toxocara eggs was investigated. For this purpose, a total of 132 sand samples were taken from the sandpits of 63 playgrounds between November 1998 and September 1999. Toxocara eggs were found in 10 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(15.9%); of 63 playgrounds. A total of 22 eggs were recovered. The average egg number per 100 g of sand was found to be 0.067 for the overall examined playgrounds and 0.44 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ranging from 0.2 to 1.2); for the contaminated ones.
Keywords : Toxocara, Sandpit, Playground, Contamination, Prevalence, İstanbul, Turkey