Prevalence of anti-Toxocara antibodies in a random sample of inpatients at a Children's Hospital in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 259-261

  Moreira Silva, Sandra F ^a   Leão, Maria E ^a   Mendonça, Haydée F S ^a   Pereira, Fausto E L ^b  

^a Hospital Infantil NS da Gloria   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Helminthiasis; Larva migrans visceralis; Toxocara; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; CHILD; DOG; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INPATIENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0032107016     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651998000400010     Document Type: Article

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