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Prevalence of Ascaris Lumbricoides Infection in a Small Nova Scotian Community^*

A survey of Ascaris lumbricoides prevalence was conducted during 1976 and 1977 in a rural community of Nova Scotia. Of 431 individuals tested, 121 (28.1%) were infected. All those infected were under 20 years of age. There was no difference in the rate of infection between households with pigsties and those without. A significantly higher prevalence rate was found in homes where feces were disposed of in the yard and water was obtained from a dug well. In a concurrent random survey taken in the Halifax metropolitan area, none of the 276 individuals tested was infected.

Accepted for publication September 23, 1983.

^* Address reprint requests to: Dr. J. A. Embil, Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, 5850 University Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3G9, Canada.

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