Gawor Jakub, Borecka Anna
Acta Parasitol. 2015 Dec;60(4):716-20. doi: 10.1515/ap-2015-0102.
Agritourism provides ecological tourist services for urban dwellers in rural areas. Agritourism farms offer space and attractive scenery for people seeking to rest in quiet place and wanting healthy, outdoor recreational activities. The high epidemiological standard of agritourism farms is beneficial for the health of the farm owners and the guests. Upgraded level of the farm sanitation, also from parasitological point of view is of great importance, especially that among agritourism farms guests predominate families with small children. A field survey was carried out in 57 farms in central-eastern Poland to evaluate the environmental risk factors for geohelminth infections on agritourism farms offering tourist services for urban dwellers. Samples of soil were collected from 76 sites, i.e. yards surrounding houses, vegetable, fruit and flower gardens, playgrounds and sandpits. In addition, samples were taken from 27 public places of recreation (playgrounds at forest clearing) visited by agritourism farm guests. During visits the farms were inspected and the owners were questioned about their awareness of the threat of parasitic infections. Soil contamination with geohelminth eggs was found in 4 examined farms (7.0%), in one locality on each farm. The eggs of Toxocara spp. and Ascaris spp. were detected in single samples from 3 backyards (6.4%) and one sandpit (10.0%). In the soil samples from places of recreation outside the farms eggs of human or animal helminths were not identified. The results of this study showed that the risk of helminth infections on agritourism farms is low, since geohelminth eggs (1-3 per sample) were detected only in four samples (0.5%) among 760 collected from farms households. The farm owners must be aware of the importance of preventive measures to eliminate the environmental contamination with eggs of zoonotic soiltransmitted helminths. Special attention should be paid to the risk of intestinal parasites of cats of semi domestic behaviour migrating from neighbouring yards as well as of red foxes frequently observed in the vicinity of agritourism farms.
农业旅游为农村地区的城市居民提供生态旅游服务。农业旅游农场为那些寻求在安静之地休息并渴望进行健康户外休闲活动的人们提供了空间和迷人的风景。农业旅游农场较高的流行病学标准有利于农场主和客人的健康。农场卫生水平的提升，从寄生虫学角度来看也非常重要，特别是在农业旅游农场的客人中，有小孩的家庭占多数。在波兰中东部的57个农场开展了一项实地调查，以评估为城市居民提供旅游服务的农业旅游农场中土壤传播蠕虫感染的环境风险因素。从76个地点采集了土壤样本，即房屋周围的院子、蔬菜园、果园、花园、游乐场和沙坑。此外，还从农业旅游农场客人到访的27个公共娱乐场所（林间空地的游乐场）采集了样本。在走访过程中，对农场进行了检查，并询问农场主对寄生虫感染威胁的认识。在4个被检查的农场（7.0%）中，每个农场的一个地点发现了土壤被土源性蠕虫卵污染的情况。在3个后院（6.4%）和1个沙坑（10.0%）的单个样本中检测到了弓蛔虫属和蛔虫属的虫卵。在农场外娱乐场所的土壤样本中未发现人或动物蠕虫的虫卵。这项研究的结果表明，农业旅游农场蠕虫感染的风险较低，因为在从农场住户采集的760个样本中，仅在4个样本（0.5%）中检测到土源性蠕虫卵（每个样本1 - 3个）。农场主必须意识到采取预防措施以消除人畜共患土源性蠕虫卵对环境的污染的重要性。应特别关注半家养行为的猫从邻近院子迁移而来以及在农业旅游农场附近经常出现的赤狐带来的肠道寄生虫风险。
