Seroprevalence of Toxocara canis-IgG antibodies in two rural Bolivian communities

Parassitologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 473-475

  Cancrini, G ^a   Bartoloni, A ^b   Zaffaroni, E ^c   Guglielmetti, P ^d   Gamboa, H ^e   Nicoletti, A ^f   Genchi, C ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^e Distrito de Salud de Cordillera   (Bolivia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Rural communities; Seroprevalence; Toxocarosis

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOLIVIA; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0032227056     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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