Prevalence and Viability of Toxocara spp. Eggs in Soil of Public Parks in Northwestern Mexico

Autor:	Nohemí Castro del Campo, Jesús José Portillo Loera, Alexis Israel Vargas Nava, Claudia Leonor Barraza Tizoc, Soila Maribel Gaxiola Camacho, Idalia Enríquez Verdugo
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Public park Veterinary medicine Toxocara spp Biology Trypan blue staining lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Infectious Diseases Viability Public parks parasitic diseases Prevalence Parasite hosting lcsh:RC109-216 Original Article Parasitology human activities
Zdroj:	Iranian Journal of Parasitology Iranian Journal of Parasitology, Vol 15, Iss 2 (2020)
ISSN:	1735-7020
DOI:	10.18502/ijpa.v15i2.3301
Popis:	Background: Toxocara spp. is a zoonotic parasite that can infect human; children are the largest group at risk of infection. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and viability of Toxocara spp. eggs in the soil of public parks. Methods: Overall, 1180 soil samples from 236 public parks in four sectors of the city of Culiacan were collected at random, between Jun and Dec, 2013. The presence of Toxocara spp. eggs was determined by light microscopy using a centrifugation-flotation technique and viability by trypan blue staining technique. Results: Of the 236 parks sampled, 18 were positive to Toxocara spp. resulting in a prevalence of 7.6% and viability of 94.4% with a P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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