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Prevalence of Toxocara eggs in faecal and soil samples (on the basis of data of the literature II) No. of samples Positive % Origin of samples Locality Source 105 6 6 faecal sample pavement, park Houston Arambulo et al., 1976 75 13 3 faecal sample from the street Leeds Read et al., 1976 300 20 7 faecal sample kennels Southern England 1962-1963. Woodruff, 1975 184 46 2 faecal sample only puppies Oldham Holt, 1976 574 7 3 faecal sample prize dogs Outer territories of Great Britain Jacobs et al., 1976 808 13 2 faecal sample police dogs London Pegg, 1978 98 7 0 faecal sample park Beershebe (Israel) Gross et al. , 1984 334 5 7 soil sample, 71 parks and playgrounds Vienna Pfeiffer, 1983 137 2 9 sand sample 75 sandy playgrounds Vienna Pfeiffer, 1983 884 3 4 faecal sample 89 parks Vienna Pfeiffer, 1983 30 10 0 sand sample playground West Berlin Hörchner et al., 1981 100 27 0 soil sample park Zagreb Rapic et al., 1983 31 (27 X sandy playground Frankfurt (FRG) Düwel, 19 83 301 58 4 faecal sample service dogs Budapest,

1970 Kobulej, 1977 900 37 8 soil sample from 13 counties Hungary Nagy, 1981 (OTKI College Faculty of Health) 4 260 18 8 soil sample from 11 districts Budapest Nagy, 1981 (OTKI College Faculty of Health) the number of Toxocara-positive sandy playgrounds (not %)