Parasite Contamination of Sand and Soil from Daycare Sandboxes and Play Areas

Theresa W Gyorkos; Evelyne Kokoskin-Nelson; J Dick MacLean; Julio C Soto

doi:10.1155/1994/786090

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1994)

Parasite Contamination of Sand and Soil from Daycare Sandboxes and Play Areas

Theresa W Gyorkos,
Evelyne Kokoskin-Nelson,
J Dick MacLean,
Julio C Soto

Affiliations

Theresa W Gyorkos: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Evelyne Kokoskin-Nelson: Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Montreal General Hospital, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
J Dick MacLean: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Julio C Soto: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1994/786090
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 17 – 20

Abstract

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Objectives: To determine if there was parasite contamination in the sand and soil in daycare sandboxes and play areas, with the goal of developing practice guidelines for their management.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjidmm/

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