Soil-transmitted helminths (STHs) remain a major threat to the human health throughout the world, mostly in developing nations. Soil is usually contami-nated by different parasitic stages through promiscuous defecation of man par-ticularly children. This is more liable to occur in fields, public gardens and sides of streets or canals. Also, feces of domestic and wild animals & birds play a role in soil contamination. This study was conducted at Mansoura city and Eatra village & El-Minia city and Zohra village representing the urban and rural areas of Dakahlia (iovernoratc, Lower Egypt and Minia Governorate, Upper respectively. The most common helminthic stage presents in the soil o?'the two Governorates was Toxocara eggs. No ova was detected in-door yards in the urban areas, bill. only in the sides of streets, -crop fields and fruit gardens, around houses and canal banks of both Governorates, and the highest intensity was 13-19 eggs/ 10 gm soil at canal banks Zahra village, El-Minia
Governorate, Upper Egypt. |
