| public health implications of soil contaminated with helminth eggs in the metropolis of kaduna, nigeria. | environmental and socio-cultural variables influencing the distribution of helminth eggs in 608 soil samples were studied in 14 playgrounds that differ in socio-economic status in kaduna metropolis, nigeria, using a modified sieving method and a sucrose flotation medium of specific gravity 1.27. helminth eggs were found in 62% of the soil samples and the distribution was as follows: toxocara spp. 50.4%, taenia spp./echinococcus spp. 36.9%, dipylidium caninum 26.3%, ancylostoma spp. 9.0%, ascaris ... | 2008 | 18201389 |