title: [Contamination of public children's playgrounds in Hannover with helminth eggs].
abstract: Fifty-two public sand pits on children playgrounds in Hannover were investigated for the presence of parasites. A large proportion (63.5%) of these playgrounds were contaminated with parasite eggs. Eggs from Toxocara spp., Toxascaris leonina and other common helminth parasites were found in 55.8%, 9.6% and 26.1% of these playgrounds, respectively. A total of 208 sand samples were collected, and 30.8% of them contained eggs from Toxocara spp. (24.5%), Toxascaris leonina (2.4%) or other common helminths (9.1%). In 45.1% of the Toxocara positive samples, the eggs were embryonated. Eggs from Toxocara spp. were found in 33.0%, 31.0% or 14.0% of samples from districts with low, medium or high numbers of dogs per hectare, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Parasitologie, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schnieder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stoye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005860:Germany, West; D006376:Helminths / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012987:Soil
chemical_list: D012987:Soil
vernacular_title: Kontamination öffentlicher Kinderspielplätze Hannovers mit Helmintheneiem.