Soil Contamination with Toxocara Eggs in Public Schools in Rural Areas of Southern Thailand

Table 2

Contamination rate of Toxocara eggs in the different sampling areas.

Site of collection	No. of soil samples	No. of positive samples	Rate of contamination (%)	95% CI	Fisher’s exact test
Playgrounds	24	10	41.7	22.1, 63.4
Football fields	24	5	20.8	7.1, 42.2
Sidewalks	24	3	12.5	2.7, 32.4
Schoolyards	24	3	12.5	2.7, 32.4
Areas around cafeterias	24	1	4.2	1.0, 21.1
Total	120	22	18.3	11.9, 26.4