Korean Journal of Veterinary Service (한국동물위생학회지)

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Incidence of ascarid eggs in sands of educational facilities and public playground in Seoul

서울지역 교육시설 및 공원 놀이터 모래에서 회충의 충란 조사

  • Kwak, Jeong-Yeon (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment) ;
  • Seol, Chae-Hyeon (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment) ;
  • Seo, Hyeong-Su (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment) ;
  • Kim, Gyu-Hyeon (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment) ;
  • Kim, Neung-Hee (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment) ;
  • Chae, Hee-Sun (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment) ;
  • Son, Hong-Rak (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment) ;
  • Kang, Yong-Il (Seoul Metropolitan Government Research Institute of Public Health & Environment)
  • 곽정연 (서울특별시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 설채현 (서울특별시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 서형수 (서울특별시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 김규현 (서울특별시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 김능희 (서울특별시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 채희선 (서울특별시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 손홍락 (서울특별시보건환경연구원) ;
  • 강영일 (서울특별시보건환경연구원)
  • Received : 2013.01.28
  • Accepted : 2013.07.27
  • Published : 2013.09.30
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Abstract

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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