Intestinal nematodes, Toxocara infection, and pyogenic liver abscess in children: A possible association

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 167-172

  Moreira Silva, Sandra F ^a   Pereira, Fausto E L ^b  

^a Children s Hospital NS da Glória   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; LIVER ABSCESS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NECATOR; NEMATODIASIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRONGYLOIDES; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTESTINAL DISEASES; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 0034114927     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/46.3.167     Document Type: Article

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