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2091353

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
This study used a method of retrieving eggs from soil to examine the spatial and temporal dynamics of soil contamination with geohelminth eggs. The level of soil contamination in two children's homes in Jamaica was determined before and after further soil contamination was prevented by chemotherapy. The home which had higher human infection levels also had a higher prevalence and density of eggs in soil. The spatial distribution of the eggs in soil was overdispersed in the home with higher levels of infection, and underdispersed in the other, perhaps due to the low density of eggs. At both localities, the proportion of soil samples containing eggs and the density of eggs in soil declined over a two-month period. The results suggest that geohelminth eggs are rapidly depleted from the surface of tropical soils in the absence of continuing sources of contamination.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0035-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
567-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative assessment of contamination of soil by the eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Zoology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't