Database research record2008·Brazil (Novo Hamburgo)
Contaminação do Solo por Parasitas e Ocorrência de Doenças Intestinais
Andréa Andreis, Graziela Maria Schuh, Rejane Giacomelli Tavares
LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)
Urban Farm DB summary
An evaluation of parasite contamination in playground soils at Horta Comunitária Joanna de Angelis in Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil, detected rhabditoid larvae in 33% of soil samples. An enteroparasitological survey (n=22) confirmed parasitism in 59.10% of samples. However, it was not possible to establish a correlation between the presence of parasitosis in children and in the soil.